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Breaking News Israeli Missile Defense Boss Fired Over Undisclosed Security Breach
JERUSALEM — Israel’s missile defense director has been dismissed for a “grave breach of information security,” his ministry said on Sunday, a setback for U.S.-backed projects the country deems crucial for any future war with Iran or its allies. In a statement, the Defense Ministry said the recently discovered security breach meant that Yair Ramati…
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Breaking News Breaking the Silence Comes Under Withering Attack for Questioning Israel’s Military
They’ve been banned from Israel’s schools and forbidden from speaking to Israeli soldiers. Israel’s prime minister denounced them from the floor of Knesset. A right-wing group has accused them of being foreign moles. The Israeli veterans’ group Breaking the Silence has been controversial since it was founded in 2004 by soldiers who had served in…
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Breaking News 3 Israeli Soldiers Punished for Photobombing Palestinian Newscast
Three Israeli soldiers who interrupted a Palestinian news reporter during a broadcast from the West Bank were punished by the military. The soldiers were ordered confined to their military base for 14 days was viewed thousands of times on social media. Standing first behind and then alongside the female reporter, the soldiers are seen shaking…
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Breaking News Family of Slain Israeli Soldier Pleads With Hamas for Answers
The family of Oron Shaul, the Israeli soldier who was killed during the 2014 Gaza war, called on Hamas to present evidence that their son, who has been declared dead, is still alive as Hamas claims. Shaul’s parents held a news conference on Sunday at their home in Poria Illit in the wake of the…
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Breaking News Israel Says Arab Who Served in its Army Joined ISIS
An Israeli army veteran from the country’s Arab minority has joined Islamic State insurgents in Syria, an Israeli security official said on Sunday, confirming a local media report. Israel says dozens of Muslim Arab citizens have illegally traveled to Islamic State’s Syrian or Iraqi fiefdoms, raising concerns they might return radicalized and trained to carry…
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Breaking News Soldiers With Autism Take on Key Roles in Israeli Military
(JTA) — Sitting in front of a computer at the center of Israel’s largest army base, a soldier stares at the screen, moving pixel by pixel over a satellite photograph, picking out details and finding patterns. A few years ago N.S., who has autism, thought the Israel Defense Forces wouldn’t take him. N.S., who like…
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Breaking News Arrow 3 Missile Shield Aces Test, Hitting Target in Space, IDF Says
Israel’s upgraded Arrow ballistic missile shield passed a full interception test on Thursday, hitting a target in space meant to simulate the trajectory of the long-range weapons held by Iran, Syria and Hezbollah, the Defence Ministry said. The success was a boost for “Arrow 3,” among Israeli missile defense systems that get extensive U.S. funding….
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Breaking News Israeli Troops Kill Bethlehem Protester in Arrest Raid, Say Palestinians
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian protester while they were carrying out an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank town of Bethlehem on Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources said. Residents of the Deheishe Refugee Camp said Malek Shahin, 19, was among a group of people protesting against the soldiers who had come to arrest two…
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