Category: Israel

Photo Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel Guerra President Donald J. Trump {Originally posted to the BESA website} “Trumpism” Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Trumpism is a phenomenon of unprecedented populist presidential behavior. Trump is the least presidential president in modern history. […]

Photo Credit: Mass Comm. Spec. 2nd Class Zachary A. Anderson / US Navy USS Bataan amphibious assault ship sails the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 23 2019 President Donald Trump may be losing his patience, or at the very least, becoming somewhat exasperated with the attitude of the Iranian government, which has turned away two separate attempts […]

Photo Credit: Peter Rimar / Wikimedia Sign in Baghdad’s Green Zone, Iraq (April 2004) The Iranian-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah militia has warned Iraqi military personnel to stay away from Americans, beginning on Sunday evening. The militia told the Iraqis to remain at a minimum distance of one kilometer from US personnel stationed in Iraq, beginning from […]

Photo Credit: IAF Israeli, US and UK F-35 participate in the Tri-Lightning joint exercise. June 2019 Air strikes reportedly targeted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU) forces at Suwayyah and Hiri, near Abukamal at the Iraq-Syria border late Saturday night. There are unconfirmed reports of several dead and others wounded after […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press In this week’s parsha, Yaakov Avinu and his family migrated to Mitzrayim, and remained there for many years. The Gemara in Kiddushin 82a says that Avraham Avinu kept the entire Torah, even the mitzvos that may not have applied. The meforshim assume that this was the practice of the other Avos […]

[embedded content] Israel Police called on the public this weekend to pay attention to alerts that may be issued via the media in connection to the stormy weather that has arrived in the region, leaving its cold, wet fingers all over the various communities in the country. In one instance, Israel Police officers swam to […]

Photo Credit: Office of Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.). New York Democratic Reps. Max Rose, Jerrold Nadler, Yvette Clarke, Eliot Engel, Hakeem Jeffries, Carolyn Maloney, Nita Lowey, Gregory Meeks, Grace Meng, and Nydia Velázquez address a press conference at the Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York follows a rising trend […]

Photo Credit: Dx73 / Wikimedia US Immigration and Customs (at Shannon Airport, Ireland) New changes to the U.S. administration’s visa policy targeting only Israelis reduces the period of time they can use visas for investment, work and study purposes in the United States, Ynet reported on Thursday. The relocation L1 visa document was reduced from […]

Photo Credit: Google Maps Rabbi Rottenberg’s Shul on Monsey, NY The Monsey machete attack suspect Grafton E. Thomas was indicted Friday before a Rockland County Grand Jury. The charge sheet included: six counts of attempted murder, three counts of assault, three counts of attempted assault, and two counts of burglary. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, […]

Photo Credit: IAI Computer rendition of the Dror 1 communications satellite. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) on Thursday announced that it has won the government tender to develop and build Dror 1, Israel’s national communications satellite, which is intended to meet Israel’s satellite communications needs for approximately 15 years. According to a statement by IAI, Dror […]