Dutch Ambassador: Peace Agreement Could See Embassies Moved to Jerusalem
Dutch ambassador to Israel Caspar Veldkamp offered a significant incentive to Israel during an interview broadcast by Israel Army Radio Tuesday morning. He indicated that a peace agreement with the Palestinians would encourage the European Union to support Israel in a number of ways that until now have been avoided. If a deal is reached, […]
Rare Look at the IDF Field Hospital Saving Syrian Civilian Lives (Photos)
For the last three years, the civil war raging in Syria has thrown the country and its citizens in turmoil. According to the United Nations, at least 100,000 Syrians have been killed in the fighting between the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Syrian rebels attempting to overthrow Assad’s government. Israel has kept a […]
“King of Fun” Stewart Rahr Donates 50 Ambucycles to United Hatzalah
JERUSALEM – Stewart Rahr, a.k.a “The King of Fun”, surprised a jubilant group of United Hatzalah supporters by quadrupling his initial donation of 12 life-saving ambucycles at a ceremony held in his honor on Tuesday, January 28. The self-made billionaire, 67, from New York donated 50 ambucycles worth $1.3 million during a dedication ceremony on the […]
Hamas Training Its Children to be Next Generation of Terrorists (Photos)
On January 7, 2014, the ministry of the education of the Hamas administration in Gaza, in collaboration with the ministry of the interior, announced the opening of the training camps of the second round of the Al-Futuwa military training program. Al-Futuwa is a Sufi term that has some similarities to chivalry and virtue or young-manliness. The camps, which last for […]
Palestinians Urge “All Forms of Resistance” Against Israel
In separate expressions of dissatisfaction, Palestinians demonstrated Saturday against the US-brokered peace-talks and a senior Fatah official claimed the Palestinian Authority would reject any agreement. Protests, organized by the radical groups Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the People’s (Communist) Party, took place this weekend in […]
IAF Allegedly Carries Out Covert Airstrike on Syrian Missile System
Evidence is growing suggesting that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) carried out a secret aerial strike against missile launching sites in the coastal town of Latakia, Syria. The Russian made missile launchers were used by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Asshad. Israeli officials are neither confirming nor denying the reports of the secret mission. […]
Europe Courts Iran, Shuns Israel
Nobody does double standards quite like the Europeans. And if recent developments are anything to go by, they will remain the market leader in this field of human endeavor for quite some time. Where the Middle East is concerned, there are two complementary messages coming out of the European Union at the moment. The first […]
Israel & Kazakhstan Sign Historic Defense Agreement
The central Asian country of Kazakhstan was brought to the world’s attention again this week, but not because of the infamous movie “Borat”. The largely Sunni Muslim country is making news once again when defense ministers from Israel and Kazakhstan signed a historic security cooperation accord that formalized the military and defense industries between the […]
Israeli Knesset Heads to Auschwitz for Holocaust Memorial Day
Today marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in commemoration of the savage crime perpetrated by the Nazis against Jews during the Second World War. On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. In 2005, the United Nations passed a resolution marking January 27 as an international day of Holocaust commemoration. In what […]
Severed Pig Heads Sent to Israeli Embassy, Jewish Synagogue in Rome
Over the last several months, news out of Europe regarding anti-Semitism has been very grave. In France, the anti-Semitic reverse Nazi salute known as the “quenelle” has become the rage, spreading into other European countries. Late last week, on Friday, several incidents took place in Rome that confirms the gradual rise of anti-Semitism in Europe. […]