JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel struck the rocket launcher in Syria used to shoot two rockets at Israel that landed in the Sea of Galilee. The area near the launcher also was targeted with artillery equipment on Wednesday night. according to the IDF. The destroyed rocket launcher and several soldiers killed in the attack were members…
(JTA) — The Israeli army said it provided intelligence that prevented a plot by the Islamic State to bomb an Australian flight in August. An unnamed senior army officer said Wednesday that the Military Intelligence Unit 8200 had thwarted the planned attack, according to The Times of Israel. “The unit provided exclusive intelligence that led to…
(JTA) — An Israeli immigrant from Belarus who later converted to Islam was convicted for trying to join the Islamic State. Valentin Vladimir Mazalevsky, 40, a married father of five who lives in the Arab-Israeli town of Shibli in northern Israel, was arrested in February for trying to join the jihadists. He was convicted on…
A man inspired by ISIS who had conspired to behead a Jewish anti-Muslim blogger and activist was sentenced Tuesday to 28 years in prison, the New York Daily News reported. David Wright, 28, was found guilty of plotting with his uncle and another man. Prosecutors said that Wright sought to emulate ISIS’ infamous beheadings. Wright,…
The aftermath of World War I had left the world’s 30-45 million Kurds split between four countries: Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey. Since then, they have been clamoring for independence amidst oppression, marginalization and violent persecution at the hands of these four countries. The collapses of Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq and Bashar al-Asad’s in…
She was 22 when she was sold to a high-ranking soldier in the Islamic State group. And she knew she was privileged, getting a high-ranking husband. After all, most Yazidi girls are sold 25 times at minimum. Being owned by a high-ranking official meant she would most likely be kept for longer. Every morning, her…
Laura Loomer had a theory to test out about her college: The school would let her start a club in support of ISIS, so concerned were they with letting everyone have a “voice.” In spring of 2015 she wore a hidden camera to the Center for Student Involvement and touted her pet project: “Sympathetic Students…
JERUSALEM (JTA) – When the Islamic State claimed credit for an attack on Israeli soil for the first time Friday and vowed to strike again, the response here was not fear but incredulity. Israeli officials generally dismissed the militant Islamist group’s assertion that it was behind the shooting and stabbing in Jerusalem that left a 23-year-old…
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