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Meet the laser that guides the Iron Dome (soon to be made in the USA)
Six months after the Iron Dome defense system rendered Hamas rockets largely ineffective during Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza, I got a tour of the factory that produces its most vital component: a laser.
President Obama will reiterate where he stands
President Obama will be making an historic trip to Israel in which he will meet with Israeli officials, see a number of important Zionist sites, and receive the Presidential Medal of Distinction from Israeli President Shimon Peres.
Man behind Iron Dome addresses Milken students
Milken Community High School's middle and upper school students and teachers got a unique glimpse into the inner workings of some of the Israeli military’s most cutting-edge technology on March 7.
Palestinian rocket, not Israel, killed infant in Gaza, U.N. says
A Palestinian rocket killed the 11-month-old son of a BBC employee during Israel's November operation in Gaza, the United Nations determined.
Iron Dome tested near Jerusalem
The Iron Dome anti-missile defense system was tested near the city of Modi'in, located between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Israel eases Gaza blockade
Israel is easing its blockade on Gaza, the Defense Ministry confirmed to local media.
Alleged Tel Aviv bus bomber charged
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Bill Maher on Israel, uncut and uncensored
Israel says U.N. vote won’t hasten Palestinian state
A U.N. General Assembly vote on Thursday recognizing a Palestinian state will do nothing to make it a reality, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Talks on details of Israel-Hamas cease-fire resume in Cairo
Negotiators for Israel and Hamas are holding separate talks with Egyptian mediators to iron out the details of last week's cease-fire.
Israel finally joins the online arms race
Mere hours after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) took down their first Hamas official at the start of Operation Pillar of Defense, an army of young Israelis took to the Internet.
Studying abroad in a war zone, Americans in Israel are shaken but undeterred
When the first two sirens went off, Shoshana Leshaw ran from her second-floor bedroom down to the bomb shelter in the basement. By the time the third and fourth sirens wailed, she went no farther than the stairwell.
Test of David’s Sling missile defense system deemed success
Israel successfully tested its newest missile defense system, called David's Sling.
I just wanted to say: Thank You!
Operation Pillar of Defense: Lessons learned
As Israel and Hamas mostly stilled their guns Wednesday night after reaching a cease-fire agreement, ending eight days of intense bombardment, both sides took home some new lessons about their foes.
Israel’s battle damage report says Hamas crippled
Israel's Operation Pillar of Defense has crippled the military power of Gaza's ruling Islamist movement Hamas, the Israeli military said on Wednesday, as an Egyptian-brokered truce halted eight days of combat.
At least 62 rockets strike Israel on operation’s eighth day
At least 62 rockets struck southern Israel on the eighth day of the country's Operation Pillar of Defense against terrorists in Gaza. A house in the southern community was hit with a rocket Wednesday morning; no one was hurt in the attack.
A call from Tel Aviv: Freaked, at first
Is this a war? It’s so hard to know these days. Wars used to happen on things called battlefields, where armies met, fought and met again.
Israel’s image war
The Israel Defense Forces is bombing the Gaza Strip and the world is, for the most part, silent. In fact, the IDF is bombing Gaza and the world is, for the most part, supporting Israel.
Iron Dome, now protecting Tel Aviv, highly successful in intercepting rockets
With hundreds of rockets raining down from Gaza, Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system has saved an untold number of lives thanks to Israeli technological ingenuity and U.S. support.
From Sandy to Gaza rockets, students weather each other’s storms
Between Israeli youths going through Hurricane Sandy and American youths experiencing the onslaught of rockets from Gaza, participants of November’s America Israel Friendship League’s (AIFL) student exchange rode an emotional and historic rollercoaster on both sides of the Atlantic.
Poll: Majority of Americans say Israel’s Gaza offensive is justified
A majority of Americans believe Israel's military action in the Gaza Strip is justified, according to a CNN poll released on Monday.
In a single day, Ethiopian immigrants make aliyah—and are thrust into a war zone
The explosion occurred close enough to Stesyahu Alema to shake his apartment, where he sat with his wife and two of his five children.
In Europe, big gaps exist among security precautions at Jewish institutions
Within hours of Israel's assassination of a top Hamas commander, the situation room sprang into action, anticipating retaliatory attacks and preparing instructions to keep civilians out of harm's way.
West Bank Palestinian protester dies
A Palestinian protester shot by Israeli troops during a protest against the Gaza operation has died.
Lebanon defuses two missiles aimed at Israel
The Lebanese Army defused two rockets aimed at northern Israel.
As it pummels Gaza, Israel faces a Hamas with stronger missiles and closer allies
In some ways, Israel’s latest confrontation with Hamas looks like past conflicts in the Gaza Strip. Operation Pillar of Defense has left some key Hamas leaders dead, depleted weapons supplies and hit more than 1,000 targets in Gaza.
Southern Israel remains under steady rocket barrage
Communities in southern Israel came under a steady barrage of rockets and the Israeli military said it inflicted "severe damage on the rocket launching capabilities of terror organizations" as its Operation Pillar of Defense neared the end of its first week.
Hundreds of journalists arrive in Israel
Hundreds of journalists and television crews have arrived in Israel to cover the conflict with Gaza.
Why there is no Palestinian resistance
Iron Dome intercepts more rockets over Tel Aviv, as Netanyahu says IDF prepared to expand operation
The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted one of two missiles fired at the Tel Aviv area.
Hamas’ lies exposed
Images as Operation Pillar of Defense Continues
More images from Israel and the Gaza Strip as Operation Pillar of Defense continues. Photos by Reuters
FYI: first person, live reports from Israelis
Jewish federations send $5 million to help Israelis in conflict zone
The Jewish Federations of North America committed $5 million for an Israeli terrorism relief fund to help Israeli victims of the conflict with Hamas in Israel's south.
Jewish groups react swiftly to escalation of Gaza rocket attacks on Israel
Jewish organizations had an outpouring of reaction on Wednesday to the escalation of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel that had started Saturday—conveying their prayers for the safety of southern Israelis, condemning the Hamas terrorism, and affirming the Jewish state’s right to respond.
IDF takes Operation Pillar of Defense to social media
In addition to Amud Anan (Pillar of Defense), its operation in defense of the Jewish state in response to a barrage of rockets from Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is also taking the operation to Twitter.
Netanyahu on IDF operation: ‘No government would tolerate’ Hamas’s terror
In the wake of the Israel Defense Forces’ killing of Hamas military leader Ahmed al-Jabari, more than 250 rockets fired by Gaza terrorists into Israel, and three Israelis being killed, the IDF is now calling army reservists and preparing for a potential ground incursion into Gaza.
Palestinian media praises terrorist leader Jabari as ‘martyr’
The day after the targeted killing of Hamas terrorist chief Ahmed Jabari, the Palestinian media lead with headlines praising his “martyrdom,” despite his long history of involvement in terrorism against Israeli civilians.
Israeli and Palestinian civilians killed in border fighting
Two rockets hit the outskirts of the central Israeli town of Rishon Letzion, more than 22 miles from Gaza, raising concerns that Hamas will fire long-range missiles that can hit Israel’s business capital of Tel Aviv [UPDATE: Rocket strikes southern outskirts of Tel Aviv]. Earlier, a rocket fired from Gaza slammed into a four-story apartment building in the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi, killing two men and a woman in the first Israeli casualties since Israel killed Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabari.
IDF pinpoint strike on Ahmed Jabari [VIDEO]
The IDF targeted Ahmed Jabari, the head of Hamas' military wing in the Gaza Strip, on Nov. 14.
Deterrence is the idea behind Israel’s strikes in Gaza, but how far will conflict with Hamas go?
Wage war to make peace. That’s the idea behind Israel’s strikes this week against Hamas targets in Gaza, including Wednesday’s attack that killed Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari.
Statement from Israeli Consul General David Siegel on Gaza strike
Responding to over 800 rockets fired in recent weeks and months against Israeli civilians by Hamas and other terror organizations in Gaza, Israel has launched Operation Pillar of Defense.
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