Author: David Rutman

[embedded content] Israel has successfully upgraded its Iron Dome defense system a decade after the system was first successfully tested, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) stated Sunday. “The success of the series is an important milestone in Israel’s operational ability to defend itself against existing and future threats in the arena,” the MoD stated. Advertisement […]

Photo Credit: Thomas Breher / Pixabay The Red Alert incoming rocket siren was activated at midday Sunday in the Gaza border community of Kibbutz Nahal Oz in southern Israel at around 12:25. The siren was activated due to machine gun fire coming from the direction of Gaza. No rocket explosion was heard and no rocket […]

Photo Credit: Flash 90 An Israeli security guard at his post at the Bat Ain settlement in Gush Etzion Security coordinators (“Ravshatz”) throughout pre-67 Israel are planning to launch a “graduated strike” starting Monday. The security coordinators say they are striking over poor pay and working conditions. It comes after months of numerous fruitless attempts […]

Photo Credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman speaks at the Kohelet Forum Conference, at the Begin Heritage Center, in Jerusalem, on January 8, 2020. (JNS) It’s not often that the public hears major announcements from leaders. So when a number of top American and Israeli political figures appeared at last week’s Kohelet […]

Photo Credit: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (Israel Hayom/ JNS) Members of Israel’s Diplomatic-Security Cabinet are said to be “profoundly concerned” that the International Criminal Court will launch a war crimes investigation against Israel within 90 days and may issue secret arrest warrants against Israeli officials. Last […]

Photo Credit: Jeopardy! on ABC screengrab via Twitter ABC’s Jeopardy! screenshot of the question on the Church of the Nativity Jan 10 2020 If you’re a Christian, you obviously know that the Church of the Nativity was built in Bethlehem. Many other people know it too. But do you know where Bethlehem is? Advertisement ‘); […]

Photo Credit: US State Department / public domain Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin provide an update on Iran Policy and Sanctions at the Foreign Press Center in Washington, D.C., on November 5, 2018 The Trump Administration has announced the details of new sanctions to be imposed on Iran […]

Photo Credit: Noam Revkin Fenton /Flash 90 FM Yisrael Katz (Likud) Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz, who also serves as the country’s intelligence minister, has postponed a scheduled visit to Dubai this month to attend meetings in connection with Expo 2020 Dubai, Channel 12 News reported Saturday night. The decision comes in the wake of […]

Photo Credit: Yehonatan Valtser/TPS “No Hate No Fear” solidarity rally in Jerusalem. Jan. 5, 2020 The installation of 100 cameras throughout Brooklyn to monitor the streets in response to a spike in anti-Semitic hate crimes is welcome but “things are far from good,” a Jewish official stated. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio stated Friday […]