Putin orders to draft over 140,000 men into Russian army this spring
142,000 Russian men will draft into the Armed Forces in spring 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday The decree, posted on the official portal of legal information, enters More...
Israel’s New F-35 ‘Adir’ has first test flight (Video)
One month after Israel received the new stealth F-35 “Adir” (Hebrew for “Great One”) in Dallas, Texas, the aircraft was tested for the first time on Tuesday in the southern More...
IDF forms new commando brigade to counter Islamic State threats
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday officially inducted its new Commando Brigade, which brings together four elite military units: Maglan, Duvdevan, Egoz and Rimon. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi More...
Uri Avnery: The Settlers’ Prussia
ISRAELI DEMOCRACY is sliding downwards. Sliding slowly, comfortably, but unmistakably. Sliding where? Everybody knows that: towards an ultra-nationalist, racist, religious society. Who is leading the More...
VIDEO: IAI Introduces the GroundPoint- an Accurate Geo-Location Targeting System for Ground Forces
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is introducing a new, first of its kind, extremely accurate, geo-location targeting system for ground forces. The system can pinpoint targets for GPS-guided munitions More...
232 new Immigrants-Olim from the United States and Canada head to Israel today
232 new immigrants (or Olim) from the United States and Canada will depart to Israel today, Aug. 17, from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on a Nefesh B’Nefesh charter Aliyah flight. Fifty-nine More...
Elbit Systems awarded $45 million military communications deal in Europe
Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) announced today that it has been awarded an approximately $45 million contract from a European country for the supply of military communications systems. More...
Suicide risk factors for U.S. Army soldiers identified
A new analysis of U.S. Army data details rates of suicide attempts during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and researchers have identified risk factors for suicide attempts by enlisted soldiers and officers, More...
Gal Gadot Is Fashion Magazine’s August Cover Girl
– – Israeli stars are lighting up Hollywood these days, especially the women. One is Gal Gadot who will play Wonder Woman in the upcoming “Batman vs Superman.” She is also the latest More...
Israel Angry with Swiss Funding for EXHIBIT BY Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence
– – Israel has lodged a formal protest with Bern over Swiss funding for an exhibit by an Israeli NGO critical of the army’s conduct in the Palestinian territories. Israel’s Deputy Foreign More...