WASHINGTON — The last time President Joe Biden helped Israel repel an Iranian missile onslaught, he advised Benjamin Netanyahu against retaliation, telling the prime minister to “take the win.” Now, after another barrage of missiles from Iran, things have changed: He’s giving Israel a green light — albeit with qualifications — to strike back. Last […]
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The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the alleged assault of a prominent Israel advocate at a pro-Palestinian protest in New York on Oct. 7. That day, the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ invasion of Israel, footage spread online of Todd Richman unfurling an Israeli flag in the middle of the city’s main pro-Palestinian protest. […]
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WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — President Joe Biden told American Jewish leaders Israel “fully” backs Israel’s right to defend itself against Iranl as Israel’s government prepares to respond to last week’s Iranian missile barrage on its territory and has pushed its allies to join in. Biden’s call Wednesday afternoon was timed to the High Holiday season, […]
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In the first casualties in Lebanon since Israel launched a ground incursion this week, eight Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes with Hezbollah fighters. The army said Wednesday that six soldiers were killed in one clash and that two were killed in another. Israeli sent ground troops into Lebanon on Monday night for the first […]
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Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz both expressed unstinting support for Israel during a vice presidential debate that took place just after Israel came under Iranian assault. But the two men tussled over whether Donald Trump, the former president who is the Republican presidential nominee, would be as reliable a steward of […]
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At least 6 people were killed in a shooting attack in Jaffa, one of the deadliest terror attacks in Israel since Oct. 7, 2023. The attack, which also wounded several people, occurred at an extremely volatile time in Israel, amid a barrage of missiles fired from Iran in response to Israel’s ground incursion into Lebanon […]
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WASHINGTON — Sirens blared across much of Israel late Tuesday after Iran fired a barrage of missiles toward the country. More than 100 ballistic missiles were incoming, Israeli officials said, as sirens blared across most of the country and Israelis raced for their bomb shelters. Explosions could be heard widely, including in Tel Aviv, as […]
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WASHINGTON — As Israel escalates its fight against Hezbollah, Jewish security organizations are on particularly heightened alert ahead of the High Holidays. On Friday, Israel assassinated Hezbollah’s longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, following a barrage of strikes that have eliminated much of the group’s leadership, the latest stage of an intensifying multi-front war launched last Oct. […]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to keep fighting in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon until his war objectives were reached and warned that “there is no place in Iran that the long arm of Israel cannot reach.” Netanyahu’s speech Friday at the United Nations General Assembly opening came as Israel hit a key Hezbollah […]
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Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah showed no signs of abating in the hours after a group of countries led by the United States and France proposed a ceasefire. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement Thursday denied reports that he had agreed to the proposal, released before dawn in Israel. In fact, he said, […]
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