A top IDF officer said Thursday that the army has had to deal with ever more aggressive and frequent attempts by Arab terrorists to kidnap IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians. So far this year some 20 kidnap attempts have been recorded in Judea and Samaria, the officer said. The “hot threat” warnings are no
An Israeli military expert says the likelihood is growing that Israel will need to launch more multi-front operations. Israel Air Force Headquarters Chief Brigadier General Hagai Topolansky told a national security conference Tuesday the Jewish State is likely to extend its operations beyond its borders as well. "In the 80s and 90s we
Passengers on the Jerusalem Light Rail were targeted Thursday by Arabs in the Beit Hanina neighborhood, located in the northern section of the capital. The attackers hurled rocks as the train rolled by, traumatizing some of the passengers but causing no damage since the train's cars are reinforced. The train's operator, Citipass, reported that
This fall, a Hebrew class titled “Know Your Enemy” is going to be offered in Hamas-run schools in Gaza, The New York Times reported Tuesday. After much debate, last month Hamas officials chose to add Hebrew to the elective choices offered to students in Gazan schools, rather than Turkish or German. “Through the
Saudi Arabia is warning that its move to strengthen unity ties with its smaller Gulf neighbor, Bahrain, is a sovereign affair between the two countries, according to the Kuwait News Agency. The Saudis are hoping to counter the growing influence of Iran in the region through a proposal for greater unity with five other Persian
At least ten top members of the Iran's Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (Pasdaran) group have died under suspicious circumstances in recent months, the Defense Online website reported Thursday. Those killed include generals and other top-ranked officials, and many of them have died in “apparently violent circumstances,” the report said. The Guardians act as
Western diplomats said on Wednesday that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has concluded that Iran installed 350 new centrifuges at the Fordow underground facility since February. The diplomats said, according to reports in the Israeli media, that the IAEA will reveal this information in a new report to be released on Friday. The
An Egyptian court sentenced 12 Christians to life in prison and acquitted eight Muslims on Monday in a case set off by religious tensions in the country’s south. The Christians were found guilty of sowing public strife, the possession of illegal weapons and shooting dead two Muslims in April of last year in Minya
There’s a lot at stake in Egypt’s presidential election. The country is waking up to new beginnings after being shoved down the path of autocracy for almost 30 years of rigid rule. But now the elections are presenting a plethora of paths for Egyptians to choose from, including liberal, Islamist, socialist, Nasserite, Mubarak-era; it’s an
The Jordan Dubai Islamic Bank on Wednesday fired a Christian employee who refused to wear a scarf to cover her hair as part of uniform for female staff. “The bank warned Vivian Salameh to cover her hair as part of the women’s uniform approved earlier this year, but she refused,” Iman Afaneh told AFP.
