IAF Power in the Skies: Pentagon Selling V-22 Osprey Aircraft to Israel
The AFP reported that the Pentagon formally notified Congress on Tuesday that it plans on selling six tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft to Israel. Israel is the first country allowed to purchase the aircraft as part of a long term deal worth $1.13 billion. The deal, which was first announced last year, became finalized on Tuesday. U.S. […]
BIN Poll: Release Pollard Now!
Jonathan Pollard has been imprisoned in the United States for the last 28 years on charges of spying on behalf of Israel. Pollard has received the harshest sentence ever given to anyone charged with espionage – life imprisonment. Since Pollard, there have been others in the U.S. caught with spying to much greater levels than […]
Abbas: Three Times No to Peace
One of the main issues on the negotiating table regarding peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians is the Palestinian right of return. In a drastic shift, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has hardened his stance on the matter and said that he would not negotiate away any right of Palestinian refugees and their descendents […]
Can Israel Say ‘No’ to the US? Yes, We Can!
Amid reports that US Secretary of State John Kerry is applying mounting pressure on Israel to make significant concessions to the Palestinians, there is an increasingly common refrain that has seeped into our political dialogue which needs to be exposed for the fallacy that it is. Israel, we are told by various pundits and politicians, […]
Nuclear No More? Geneva Deal Reached Between P5+1 and Iran
The P5+1 (United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany) and Iran have struck a deal on how to implement the nuclear deal made in November. The official news agency of Iran stated that the agreement will begin on January 20th. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi confirmed the news and an official joint […]
More U.S. Spying Secrets on Israel to be Revealed
The Snowden saga continues. Just as the world thought things couldn’t become tenser between Israel and the United States, it was revealed this week that Edward Snowden has a treasure trove of information regarding U.S. state secrets that relate to Israel. Glenn Greenwald, a writer for Britain’s Guardian and a co-author of many articles based […]
U.S. Vision of Peace: A Tough Pill to Swallow
After five days of back and forth, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry left the Middle Eastern region with still no decisive peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. Kerry is expected to return to Israel next week to continue talks and present a framework outlining basic principles that both sides would follow to create […]
IAF Launches Largest International Military Exercise in Israel’s History
On Sunday, November 24, for the first time in Israel’s history, the Israel Air Force launched the “Blue Flag” training exercise – an international air force exercise with participation by the US, Italian and Greek air forces.
John Kerry and Shimon Peres “Optimistic” About Peace Talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been shuttling between meetings with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, attempting to broker a viable peace agreement between the two sides. For the last three days, Kerry has met with advisers in both Jerusalem and Ramallah in efforts to reach a mutual peace […]
Pastor Saeed Abedini: America’s Own Jonathan Pollard
Iranian-American Pastor Saeed Abedini, 33, was been imprisoned by the Islamic Republic of Iran since the summer of 2012. Sentenced under suspicions of undermining national security, Abedini was sentenced to eight years in prison in January 2013. A grassroots movement in the United States has been advocating for his release. The Facebook page “Pray for […]