Freund: Synagogues Ablaze in the Holy Land
Last week marked the eighth anniversary on the Hebrew calendar of one of the darkest chapters in Israel’s recent past. It was on the 8th of Elul, 5765, (September 12, 2005), that Israel stood by and watched as Palestinian mobs ransacked synagogues abandoned by the Jewish state after the withdrawal from Gaza and the expulsion […]
Scathing Letter From Israeli MK Calls Kerry ‘Hypocrite’
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes (Psalms 101:7) On Thursday, Israeli Knesset Member Ayelet Shaked, of the right-wing party Bayit Hayedhud (Jewish Home)i, hammered US Secretary of State John Kerry in a letter for his part in pressuring Israel to […]
Brothers in Arms
A group of friends from the IDF made this beautiful video- reminder of their army service together. Look for Israel365’s very own Ayal Kellman (pictured as “Ayal”) in this incredible video of the defenders of Israel.
Iron Dome Intercepts Missile in Eilat for the First Time
Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flieth by day (Psalms 91:5) In what is the most recent event in the continuing trend of escalating threats to Israel from the south, the Iron Dome, Israel’s impressive anti-rocket battery, shot down a missile headed for the resort city […]
Four IDF Soldiers Wounded on Lebanese Border
“And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River…” (Exodus 23:31) Four IDF soldiers, all members of Special Forces, were lightly to moderately wounded in the early hours of Wednesday morning, according to the IDF Spokesman’s Office. They were on […]
Bibi Hails Tripling of Christian Enlistment to IDF in 2013
“And David said to Saul: ‘Let no man’s heart fail within him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine” (1 Samuel 17:32) At a meeting Monday between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Greek Orthodox priest Father Gabriel Nadaf, the PM praised the priest, and the Christian Zionist community in Israel in general […]
Despite Tension, IDF Sees Record Haredi Enlistment
“Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, by their polls; from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel” (Numbers 1:2-3) Israel Army Radio released the […]
Haredi Draft Delayed Three Months
Since the expiry of the Tal Law in 2012, Knesset has been struggling to find an equitable solution to the question of Haredi army service. Although the new reform has passed its initial reading, the delay in its passage has caused Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon to postpone the conscription of yeshiva students who have already […]
IDF Honors Outstanding Soldier/Students
“I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings” (Jeremiah 17:10) No one questions the devotion and sacrifice of each and every 18-year-old soldier that enters the IDF. While most kids their age around the world are getting ready […]
3-Year-Old Syrian Latest To Be Treated by Israel
“For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord” (Jeremiah 30:17) A three-year-old girl is just the latest Syrian injured in the countries civil war to be evacuated to, and treated by, Israel. On Saturday, the little girl and her mother were rushed from Syria to […]