Posts belonging to Category Israel Defense Forces (IDF)

I Am Israel

My cousin in Givataim sent this video for me to watch.  I found it pretty moving.  Just a warning, it has some graphic pictures depicting the results of violence.

Military Operation Canceled After Details Posted on Facebook

The IDF had to cancel a planned operation in the West Bank after finding that a soldier had posted the details on his Facebook page.  Here are the details from the Wall Street Journal:
“On Wednesday we clean up Qatanah, and on Thursday, god willing, we come home,” he wrote, according to the Israeli paper. He [...]

Druze Support IDF After Druze Soldier Murdered

A Druze IDF soldier was murdered in a stabbing attack on Wednesday near Tapuach Junction near Nablus. Despite the murder and continued hostilities, the Druze community made it clear that it still stands with Israel.

Israel Allowed To Talk About Human Rights

Yesterday, Jews all over the world remembered the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Auchwitz death camp; this day is now recognized as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The repeated message of Holocaust awareness events is that we can never be allowed to forget the inhumane crimes committed by the Nazis during WWII. In remembering [...]

Israelis in Haiti – the Irony of the Situation

The Israeli government and the Israel Defence Force (IDF) dispatched an El Al plane to Haiti in the days immediately following the devastating earthquake that occurred there on 12th January 2010. An IDF medical team of 121 arrived in Haiti including 40 doctors, 20 nurses, 20 paramedics and 20 lab and X-ray technicians. In addition, [...]

A Reader Comment About Haiti

This was such a nice comment about Israel, I had to pass it on for all of you to read:

IDF Battles on in Haiti

Israel Defense Forces doctors and rescue workers have continued to pull survivors from the rubble of the Hatian earthquake last week.

Route 443: Is the High Court Correct?

On 29th December 2009, the Israeli High Court of Justice ordered the Israel Defence Force (IDF) to reopen Route 443 to Palestinian traffic. The ruling was made in response to a petition by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) on behalf of the residents of six Palestinian villages who were previously barred from [...]

Forced to Abandon the South African Connection?

Despite the fact that I have lived outside of South Africa for nearly half of my life, I have always retained a close affinity and connection with the land of my birth. This is not only because of my ongoing family connections with South Africa. I feel that South Africa has influenced many of the [...]

Guest Post: I Trust ‘Em As Far as I Can Throw ‘Em

I just read an article on Haaretz about the three militants murderers of Rabbi Meir Chai who were killed during their ‘capture.’ I am satisfied that the IDF did the right thing. And I am at pains here to explain why.