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Bomb rips through Tel Aviv bus: 17 casualties, no fatalities, security forces pursue suspect bomber 21 Nov 2012 | 03:30 pm
A bomb ripped through a bus in central Tel Aviv, injuring at least 17 people, several in moderate or serious condition. The blast occurred on a #61 bus on Shaul Hamelech Street. Security officials bel...
Jewish Home Chairman Bennett slams ex-boss Bibi: Seize strip in Gaza to keep out launchers 21 Nov 2012 | 03:00 pm
Amid growing indications of an imminent ceasefire, Habayit Hayehudi Chairman Naftali Bennett harshly criticized the Netanyahu government Wednesday. "They've lost all common sense," he told Ynet. The n...
US turns around 3 warships, with marines aboard, and sends them off Israeli shores, ready to evacuate Americans 20 Nov 2012 | 04:44 am
The US has ordered three amphibious warships with 2,500 Marines aboard back to the eastern Mediterranean to stand by off Israel’s shore in case they are needed to evacuate American citizens. The USS I...
Aaron Lerner: The fundamental flaw in Israel's quiet-for-quiet argument 19 Nov 2012 | 05:10 pm
Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Affairs Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon is a vocal advocate for the "quiet for quiet" policy. In media appearances, the former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense...
Israel wants Egypt to guarantee long-term Gaza ceasefire, gives Hamas two-day ultimatum 19 Nov 2012 | 12:00 pm
Although senior Hamas figures yesterday declared that the ceasefire negotiations have failed, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the cessation of rocket fire on Israel is a prerequisite…
David Suissa: The Era of Jews Fighting Back 19 Nov 2012 | 11:32 am
As I’ve been watching images of Hamas rockets falling on Israel, I’ve asked myself: If Hamas had the ability to murder thousands of Jews, wouldn’t they? And if Israel didn’t have a strong army, wouldn...
Publicly, Obama backs Israeli self-defense; privately, he orchestrates Western pressure to call off ground ops 19 Nov 2012 | 11:30 am
President Barack Obama, in Bangkok, publicly backed the ongoing Israeli "Pillar of Defense" operation. ”Israel has every right to expect that it does not have missiles fired into its territory,” Obama...
When enough is enough – Israel it is time to take off the gloves and defend your citizens - no holds barred. 18 Nov 2012 | 07:00 am
When enough is enough – Israel it is time to take off the gloves and defend your citizens - no holds barred. No sane country in the world would stand for hundreds of missiles fired at her citizens in...
Ziva Hoffman: Trading in the baseball cap for an IDF beret 18 Nov 2012 | 02:34 am
A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending my son's IDF ceremony in Israel, in which he received a beret from his infantry unit, marking his transition from basic training to being a sold...
Iran's Bushehr plant forced to dump nuclear fuel, indicating serious failure and months-long delay 17 Nov 2012 | 12:59 pm
Iran unloaded nuclear fuel from its first nuclear power plant last month, a United Nations report said on Friday, just months after the long-postponed Bushehr reactor was reported to be operating at f...
