EARLIER TODAY: 4 IDF Soldiers Attacked and Gaza Rocket Launched toward Israel

UPDATE: Amir Tsarfati, via Behold Israel, provided a subsequent update. Provocation continues in the Middle East.  Earlier this evening a bomb detonated next to an IDF patrol along the border fence with Gaza.  Soon after, a rocket launched from Gaza crashed through the roof of a Jewish family in Or HaNer.  Miraculously, the rocket failed to …

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Netanyahu: “Don’t Test Us!”

Yesterday, Israel's Prime Minister took his security cabinet to the Golan Heights, overlooking Lebanon and Syria, for a briefing outlining Israel's readiness to deal with threats from Hezbollah and other Iranian proxies. The tension along the Lebanese border has escalated recently.  Just days ago, Lebanon told Israeli military officials that the border wall being constructed …

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Remembering and Commemorating the Holocaust

Tomorrow is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.  It is a day to honor the more than 6 million Jews (many of them children) who lost their lives simply for being Jewish.  It is a day to join with Israel in declaring "Never again!" While focus on Israel has increased in recent years and more and more …

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Violence Intensifies in Iranian Protests

Iranians, angry about corruption and the economy, are protesting in large numbers throughout Iran.  Unemployment has climbed to almost 13% and the millions of dollars received from the United States in the 2015 nuclear deal have failed to ignite an economy mired in corruption.  International sanctions were also removed in 2015, but that, too, has …

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