A call from Tel Aviv: Freaked, at first
Rob Eshman
November 20, 2012
Is this a war? It’s so hard to know these days. Wars used to happen on things called battlefields, where armies met, fought and met again.
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Economic costs of Gaza fighting
Jewish Journal
November 19, 2012
Last Friday, Moshe Ahituv (not his real name) received another call-up from the Israeli army. A captain in the home front command, he had already completed 43 days of army reserve service this year.
Truth and consequences: When Hamas targeted The Holy City
Jewish Journal
November 18, 2012
Jerusalemites have an age-old custom of ushering in the holy Sabbath earlier — a full 36 minutes before sunset — than anywhere else in the world.
Pogroms interrupted: The era of Jews fighting back
David Suissa
November 16, 2012
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’t we surely witness another pogrom?
Iranian warships dock in Sudan, report says
Jewish Journal
October 29, 2012
Two Iranian warships docked in Sudan on Monday, Iran\’s official IRNA news agency reported, less than a week after Khartoum accused Israel of attacking an arms factory in the Sudanese capital.
Preparing for war, Israel’s North looks to lessons from 2006
Jewish Journal
October 17, 2012
When missiles rained down on northern Israel from Lebanon six years ago, surgeons at Rambam Hospital in Haifa worked, terrified, on the building’s eighth floor.
Israel says Syrian mortar strike was attack on NATO
Jewish Journal
October 4, 2012
Israel\’s Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor said on Thursday a deadly Syrian mortar strike on a Turkish town had to be considered an attack on a member of the NATO alliance.
Clinton urges Egypt, Israel to talk about Sinai
Jewish Journal
August 23, 2012
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Egypt\’s foreign minister to keep lines of communication open with Israel amid tensions over an Egyptian push against militants in the neighboring Sinai desert, the State Department said on Thursday.
Peres says Israel can’t go it alone in Iran, trusts Obama
Jewish Journal
August 16, 2012
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Thursday came out against any go-it-alone Israeli attack on Iran, saying he trusted U.S. President Barack Obama\’s pledge to prevent Tehran from producing nuclear weapons.
Israel: Syria Government Still in Control of Chemical Weapons
Jewish Journal
July 24, 2012
The Syrian government is still in full control of its chemical weapons stockpiles, a senior Israeli defense official said on Tuesday.
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