Posts Tagged: Israel IDF
This Year in Israel, Yom HaZikaron Was Different
For most of my years, Yom HaZikaron (Israel's Memorial Day) has had special significance. In 1948, my father’s younger brother (one of three survivors of...
The IDF Must Revamp Its Strategies
The IDF’s large-scale exercise at the end of October marked a milestone in its preparedness for war. The exercise was also meant to serve as...
Can the Egyptians Cool Things Down in Southern Israel?
JNS.org - After a few rough days in the country’s south, there was some cautious optimism in Israel on Monday, based on two main factors:...
The Fauda Effect: Israeli Active Defense on the Screen
The Israeli concept of “active defense” has long been used by the film industry as a tool with which to showcase the Israeli perspective on...
Dangerous Streamlining in the IDF
Each year, amid budget deliberations, Finance Ministry officials demand that the IDF do some streamlining. The streamlining processes conducted in recent decades, which focused on...
The IDF’s Latest Innovation in Combat Tactics
JNS.org - The IDF recently held a large-scale war drill in the northern part of the country, in which military commanders got a chance to...
How the Israeli Air Force Is Becoming Like Google and IBM
JNS.org - High up in a building at Israel’s military headquarters in Tel Aviv, a unique department is hard at work, bringing problem-solving techniques from the high-tech...
How Breaking the Silence Lost Israel’s Trust
For two weeks, Israel’s public agenda has been dominated by mudslinging and name calling between two civil society organizations from opposite extremes of the political...
Israeli Defense Officials Unfazed By Palestinian Unity Pact
Despite the fanfare surrounding the unity agreement between Fatah in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza, Israel's defense establishment remains unmoved, and Israeli security officials...
Christian IDF Recruitment Reaches All-Time High
JNS.org - The number of Christians enlisting in the Israel Defense Forces hit an all-time high in 2013. According to the IDF, in the second...
IDF Officer Killed by Friendly Fire Laid to Rest
JNS.org - Israel Defense Forces Captain Tal Nachman, who was killed in a friendly fire incident near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip early...
IDF Asks for Budget Increase in 2015
JNS.org - The Knesset Subcommittee for the Defense Budget convened Sunday to discuss a request by the Israel Defense Forces to increase its 2015...
New Negev IDF Training Complex to be Named for Ariel Sharon
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces' new training complex in the Negev will be named after late former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Chief of General...
Settlers Protest IDF Withdrawal From Gaza Border Communities
Ynet - As part of the protest against the IDF's decision to stop securing 22 Gaza area border communities, the Ramat Negev moshav Kadesh-Barnea has decided to...
