Source: Jerusalem Post, 5-22-13
Maj.-Gen. Eshel says S-300 missile defense system “on the way” to Syria from Russia; hints that advanced platform could embolden Assad; Gantz: The IDF is facing a substantial threat of a multi-arena conflict….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 22, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/israel-political-brief-may-22-2013-amid-syria-tensions-iaf-chief-amir-eshel-says-surprise-war-a-threat/
Source: JTA, 5-22-13
An Israeli soldier was killed in a mine explosion in the southern Golan Heights….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 22, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/israel-brief-may-22-2013-israeli-soldier-killed-in-golan-mine-explosion/
Source: Ynetnews, 5-21-13
“There is no longer a question whether missiles will be launched at Israel’s major population centers, only when it would happen,” Home Front Defense Minister Gilad Erdan said Tuesday ahead of a nationwide drill….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 21, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/israel-political-brief-may-21-2013-idf-to-launch-nationwide-drill-as-officials-ramp-up-war-rhetoric/
Source: JTA, 5-5-13
An airstrike on a military research center in Syria, the second attack on Israel’s northern neighbor in three days, is being blamed on Israel….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 5, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/israel-political-brief-may-5-2013-second-weekend-airstrike-on-syrian-target-blamed-on-israel/
Source: Washington Post, 5-5-13
Intelligence official in Mideast confirms Israel has launched 2nd airstrike this week in Syria….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 5, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/israel-political-brief-may-5-2013-intelligence-official-in-mideast-confirms-israel-has-launched-2nd-syria-airstrike/
Source: Reuters, 5-4-13
Lacking a side to support in its northern neighbor’s civil war, and worried about inadvertently fuelling escalation, Israel has exercised restraint. Its government did not formally confirm Friday’s air strike, which was disclosed to Reuters….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 4, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/israel-political-brief-may-4-2013-israel-bombs-hezbollah-bound-missiles-in-syria-official/
Source: JTA, 4-30-13
An Israeli airstrike killed a senior Palestinian terrorist in northern Gaza….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 30, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/israel-brief-april-30-2013-israeli-airstrike-kills-senior-palestinian-terrorist-in-gaza/
Source: JTA, 4-28-13
Israel’s Air Force bombed a terrorist training base in Gaza hours after a rocket from the coastal strip struck near a community in southern Israel….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 28, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/israel-brief-april-28-2013-israels-air-force-hits-gaza-sites-after-rocket-attack/
Source: JTA, 4-25-13
Israel’s Air Force shot down an unmanned aircraft off the coast of Haifa….READ MORE »
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 25, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/israel-political-brief-april-25-2013-israel-shoots-down-unmanned-aerial-vehicle-near-haifa/
Source: Sky News Australia, 4-12-13
Israel returns fire after Syria attack. Israel’s army have fired artillery into Syria after gunshots and shells were directed at soldiers on the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights, the military said….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 12, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/israel-political-brief-april-12-2013-israel-returns-fire-after-syria-attack/
Source: Jerusalem Post, 4-7-13
Benny Gantz spoke at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland on Sunday on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, saying that “Israel ensures that a horror such as this will not recur….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 7, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/israel-political-brief-april-7-2013-israeli-defense-force-chief-of-the-general-staff-benny-gantz-israel-ensures-holocaust-wont-recur/
Source: Arutz Sheva, 4-4-13
Outgoing IDF division commander Brig.-Gen. Hagai Mordechai has bluntly labeled rock throwing by Arab attackers to be “terrorist attacks….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 4, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/israel-political-brief-april-4-2013-brig-gen-hagai-mordechai-rock-attacks-are-terror-attacks-says-idf-division-commander/
Source: Nzweek, 4-4-13
For the third day in a row, a rockets barrage of three mortar shells was launched by militants in the Gaza Strip toward southern Israel Thursday morning, the IDF confirmed….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 4, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/israel-brief-april-4-2013-rockets-barrage-launched-toward-southern-israel-for-3rd-consecutive-day/
Source: JTA, 4-3-13
Israeli retaliatory airstrikes hit what the country’s military called “two extensive terror sites” in the northern Gaza Strip….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 3, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/israel-political-brief-april-4-2013-israeli-military-fires-on-syria-gaza-after-rocket-attack-incidents/
Source: JTA, 2-27-13
The Iron Dome anti-missile defense system was tested near the city of Modi’in, located between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 27, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/israel-political-brief-february-27-2013-iron-dome-tested-near-jerusalem/
Source: JTA, 2-22-13
Palestinian protesters reportedly fired flares and hurled stones at Israeli troops in the Old City in Jerusalem amid violent protests in the West Bank….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 22, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/israel-brief-february-22-2013-riots-break-out-in-jerusalem-west-bank-over-palestinian-prisoners/
Source: Arutz Sheva, 2-14-13
Rioting Gaza residents attacked the Gaza security fence near the northern town of Beit Hanoun, Thursday, according to a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces who was quoted by Agence France Presse….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 14, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/israel-political-brief-february-14-2013-gazans-attack-security-fence-near-beit-hanoun/
Source: Ynetnews, 2-14-13
Chief military censor tells Army Radio lawmakers who questioned justice minister over death of Australia-born dual Israeli citizen in prison despite gag order merely ‘exercised their right….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 14, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/israel-political-brief-february-14-2013-idf-censor-backs-mks-who-exposed-prisoner-x-affair/
Source: JTA, 2-10-13
Israeli troops evacuated Palestinian and foreign activists attempting to erect a Palestinian outpost in the West Bank….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 10, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/israel-political-brief-february-10-2013-israeli-troops-dismantle-fifth-palestinian-west-bank-outpost/
Source: Israel Hayom, 2-6-13
During five-day work visit to Washington, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz receives award from U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman • Gantz accepts award on behalf of entire IDF, says it represents the strong ties between the American and Israeli militaries….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 6, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/israel-political-brief-february-6-2013-us-gives-idf-chief-lt-gen-benny-gantz-legion-of-merit-award/
Source: JTA, 2-3-13
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the strike on a military site in Syria is “proof that when we say something, we mean it.”…READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 3, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/israel-political-brief-february-2-2013-israeli-defense-minister-ehud-barak-says-syria-strike-proof-that-israel-means-it/
Source: Washington Post, 1-30-13
Israeli aircraft fired at a truck convoy along the Lebanon-Syria border early Wednesday, a Western official and a former Lebanese security official said, days after a cabinet minister warned Israel might take action to prevent the transfer of chemical weapons….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on January 30, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/israel-political-brief-january-30-2013-israel-fires-missile-along-lebanon-syria-border/
Source: Arutz Sheva, 1-25-13
Shas and United Torah Judaism may work together to prevent Lapid from drafting yeshiva students….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on January 25, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/israel-political-brief-january-25-2013-hareidi-parties-may-form-blocking-bloc-to-yair-lapid/
Source: PMO, 1-13-13
יום ראשון ב’ שבט תשע”ג
Photo by GPO
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today made the following remarks at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting:
“I would like to praise the Israel Police, with the support of the IDF, for its rapid and determined operation to evacuate the Palestinian gathering in the area between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim. As soon as I was updated on the Palestinian gathering, I ordered its immediate evacuation and it was indeed carried out last night in the best possible manner. Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, I would like to thank you and Israel Police Commissioner Inspector-General Yohanan Danino on the excellent operation; I am certain that to the degree that it will yet be necessary to watch over the area, you will do so as effectively as possible. We will not allow anyone to harm the contiguity between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim.
Over the weekend, somebody criticized my government over the investments we made in security. Indeed, in contrast to governments that invested billions in the disengagement, we invested billions in building up our strength so as to ensure the security of Israel’s citizens. We invested and we will continue to invest in Iron Dome, which stopped the missiles, in the security fence in the south, which stopped the infiltrators, in cybersecurity and in the offensive and defensive capabilities of the IDF, Mossad and ISA.
These capabilities have already found expression in various areas, including during Operation Pillar of Defense, which was conducted responsibly and wisely and which achieved its goals. It is no coincidence that the security situation in the country is the best it has been in years and this is in the face of the great security upheaval around us and in our region. I would like to commend the ministers who dealt with the issue and the government for backing the important operations to ensure the security of Israel’s citizens.”
Posted by bonniekgoodman on January 13, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/full-text-israel-political-brief-january-13-2013-pm-benjamin-netanyahus-remarks-at-the-start-of-the-cabinet-meeting/
Source: ABC News, 1-2-13
The Israeli military on Wednesday ordered dozens of Palestinian Bedouins to leave their communities so it could conduct military exercises in a remote area of the West Bank….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on January 2, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/israel-political-brief-january-2-2013-israel-orders-bedouins-to-leave-west-bank-area/
Source: JTA, 1-2-13
Israel’s military prosecutor filed an indictment against the head of a Palestinian terrorist cell who organized the bombing of a bus in Tel Aviv….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on January 2, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/israel-political-brief-january-2-2013-tel-aviv-bus-bomb-mastermind-indicted/
Source: JTA, 1-2-13
Tzipi Livni was turned away from an Iron Dome anti-missile battery where she had planned to hold a campaign photo opportunity….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on January 2, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/israel-political-brief-january-2-2013-tzipi-livni-turned-away-from-iron-dome-battery-by-military/
Source: JTA, 12-30-12
The Israeli army finished evacuating the Oz Zion outpost in the West Bank, a day after soldiers came under attack by visiting teens….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on December 31, 2012
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/israel-political-brief-december-30-2012-israeli-military-completes-west-bank-oz-zion-outpost-evacuation/
Source: JTA, 12-28-12
Some 200 settlers clashed with Israeli security forces attempting to evacuate the West Bank outpost of Oz Zion….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on December 28, 2012
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/israel-political-brief-december-28-2012-israeli-soldiers-clash-with-outpost-settlers/
Source: JTA, 12-24-12
Turkey has agreed to allow Israel to participate in non-military NATO activities in the coming year….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on December 24, 2012
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/12/24/israel-political-brief-december-24-2012-turkey-to-allow-israeli-participation-in-non-military-nato-activities/
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