Now it’s official: IDF uses drones in strikes
July 21, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The IDF uses drones for attacks and not only for reconnaissance, the military censorship cleared for publication, essentially revealing a well-known secret. Read more
Israel’s Ministry of Health’s website hit by cyberattack
July 19, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The online site of Israel’s Ministry of Health came under a cyberattack on Sunday, the latest of a series of attacks on crucial infrastructure in the country. Read more
Israel welcomes Saudis opening of airspace to flights
July 17, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli leaders welcomed Saudi Arabia’s announcement that it was opening its airspace for all civilian flights, a move some believed to be a step toward peace between the two countries. Read more
IAF bombs Hamas targets in response to rocket attacks
July 17, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israel Air Force (IAF) bombed several Hamas terror targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday night in response to several rocket attacks on civilian targets in Israel. Read more
US and Israel sign strategic partnership joint declaration
July 15, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Yair Lapid met in Jerusalem on Thursday and adopted the historic Joint Declaration on the US-Israel Strategic Partnership, known as the Jerusalem Declaration. Read more
Autistic IDF soldier presents Iron Dome to President Biden
July 15, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Shortly after alighting from Air Force One at Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday and participating in a welcoming ceremony, US President Joe Biden toured a Defense Ministry display of Israel’s multi-tier air defence systems. Read more
‘Our brother Joseph’: US President Biden lands in Israel
July 14, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Yair Lapid and the Israeli government welcomed US President Joe Biden in a state ceremony at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Wednesday in the presence of President Isaac Herzog, and additional dignitaries, the first segment of Biden’s visit to the region. Read more
Israel and US announce ‘Strategic High-Level Dialogue on Technology’
July 14, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel and the US announced on Wednesday the beginning of a strategic partnership in the field of advanced technology that “will put Israel shoulder-to-shoulder with its leading ally, the US,” just hours before US President Joe Biden landed at Ben Gurion Airport to begin his in the region. Read more
Demonstrations during Biden’s visit in East Jerusalem banned
July 13, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Several Israeli organizations have expressed rage after the police have banned their planned protests in eastern Jerusalem during US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel’s capital later this week. Read more
Majority of Israelis don’t trust Biden administration on critical issues, poll shows
July 12, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The vast majority of Israeli do not trust the Biden administration to take into account Israeli interests during its negotiations with Iran over a renewed nuclear deal or in other critical matters, a new poll shows. Read more
Israeli leaders discuss Biden’s upcoming visit with local counterparts
July 11, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Jordanian King Abdullah II spoke on the phone Saturday night in honour of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha and ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to the region this week. Read more
‘True friend of Israel’: Assassination of Japan’s Shinzo Abe
July 10, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s leadership expressed shock and sorrow following the assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was considered a close friend of Israel. Read more
PA prime minister claims Israel experimenting on bodies of dead terrorists
July 8, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh has claimed that Israel is “increasing the pain of the bereaved children by detaining the corpses of terrorist fathers killed in clashes with Israeli forces claiming these corpses are being used in the laboratories of medical schools in Israeli universities in flagrant violation of human rights, values, principles and scientific ethics.” Read more
PA appropriates Israeli heritage site in Samaria
July 6, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has commandeered another archeological site in Samaria and has converted it into a “Palestinian Heritage Site,” as a monitoring organization warns of an irreversible loss of Israeli history and culture. Read more
Israel and Poland restore relations after Holocaust-related spat
July 5, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
President Isaac Herzog has discussed with Polish President Andrzej Duda “the promotion of their countries’ bilateral relations” and agreed to restore the relations “to their proper course”. Read more
PM Lapid seeks to lead Israel’s government ‘as if elections were not being held’
July 4, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Yair Lapid headed his first weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, after entering office on Friday. Read more
PA hands over bullet that killed Al-Jazeera journalist for US inspection
July 3, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Palestinian Authority (PA) handed over on Saturday to US officials the bullet from which Al- Jazeera journalist Shirin Abu Akleh was killed ahead of a ballistic inspection that may determine who killed her. Read more
Tensions high after IDF downs Hezbollah drones heading toward Israeli gas rig
July 3, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
An Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-16 fighter jet and an Israeli Navy missile ship intercepted three drones that were flying from Lebanon and approached the airspace over Israel’s economic waters on Saturday, in an apparent attempt to target the new Karish gas rig. Read more
Israel’s Prime Ministership changes hands
July 1, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and incoming Prime Minister Yair Lapid held a modest handover ceremony at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on Thursday, hours after the Knesset voted to dissolve itself and send Israel to the fifth round of elections in less than four years. Read more
24th Knesset dissolves, Yair Lapid becomes Israel’s 15th Prime Minister
June 30, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Knesset plenum approved today a bill to dissolve the 24th Knesset in its second and third readings, sending the country to another round of general elections, Israel’s fifth round in less than four years. Read more
Slap on the wrist
June 30, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
UN Watch has exposed 120 UNRWA teachers who publicly called to murder Jews. Read more
Israel welcomes end of Ben & Jerry’s boycott on Israel
June 30, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel welcomed the announcement by Unilever Global that Ben & Jerry’s in Israel will continue to sell its ice cream “without discrimination,” and congratulated Avi Zinger, the owner of Ben & Jerry’s in Israel, for “the deal he has reached.” Read more
Report: Turkey’s intelligence organization nabs Iranian assassination team
June 24, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) arrested an eight-man cell that was working on behalf of the Iranian secret service to target Israelis in the country, Turkish media reported Thursday. Read more
After only a year, Knesset takes first step toward elections
June 23, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Knesset plenum approved on Wednesday in a preliminary reading the bill to dissolve the Knesset, the first stage toward sending Israel to the fifth round of elections in less than four years. Read more
Ukraine repeatedly votes against Israel in U.N. but is making demands
June 20, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Ukraine’s Embassy in Israel has launched a campaign against the Jewish State accusing it of not providing Ukrainian citizens with prostatic limbs “only because they are Ukrainians.” Read more
David Spitzer, AKA ‘Yigal’, one of the last Lehi fighters, passes at 92
June 20, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
David Spitzer witnessed it all – he was a member of the Lehi underground and fought the British occupation before the establishment of the State of Israel and 1948, and accompanied the young country through its next seven decades until he passed away on Saturday, at the age of 92. Read more
IDF rejects latest ‘biased’ inquiry into death of Al Jazeera reporter
June 19, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The IDF again called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to conduct a joint investigation into the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and transfer the bullet from which she was shot for an Israeli examination, and rejected the most recent “biased” Al Jazeera inquiry that blamed Israel for her death. Read more
IDF bombs Hamas targets in response to rocket attack
June 19, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The IDF bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after Gazan terrorists launched a rocket toward Israel. Read more
Coalition Votes Against Economic Plan Bennett Campaigned On – and Loses
June 16, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s coalition registered another defeat at the Knesset plenum on Wednesday evening when the opposition put forward a segment of the economic plan Prime Minister Naftali Bennett promoted while campaigning, and the coalition lost the vote against it.
Outrage as Bennett orders postponement in demolition of terrorist’s home until after Biden’s visit
June 16, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The IDF has postponed the demolition of a terrorist’s home by several weeks until after President Joe Biden visits Israel in mid-July so as not to antagonize him or stir up security tensions in the Jenin area. Read more
