Meet Ella, IDF’s first Arab, Muslim, Israeli woman to hold rank of Major

Still affectionately known as “Captain Ella,” Maj. Ella Waweya, 33 of Qalansawe felt she had to conceal her service from her family when she first volunteered for the IDF.

BY ETGAR LEFKOVITS

 

She is a Muslim Arab woman.
She’s an iconoclast and a pioneer.

An army officer who has received both the President’s Award of Excellence and that of the minister of defense, she is the first Muslim Arab woman to publicly become a major in the IDF.

Receiving the IDF’s Award of Excellence from the Minister of Defense, Benny Gantz. – Photo: Courtesy of the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Captain Ella’s unconventional life journey begins in the central Israeli city of Qalansawe, located east of Netanya, where virtually all the residents are Muslim Arabs. Continue Reading »

Israel pumps desalinated Mediterranean water into Sea of Galilee

Following 4 years of work, Mekorot launches the world’s rarest water project, the pumping of desalinated water from the Mediterranean to the Sea of Galilee. The project will help to maintain the ecological balance of Israel’s only freshwater lake, the ability to serve the needs of the agriculture industries, as well as Israel’s committed delivery of fresh water to Jordan.

By Noa Fisher

 

Israel’s national water management company, Mekorot, along with the Israeli Water Authority will lead the project to create a system to transfer water from the Mediterranean Sea, desalinate it and pump it into Israel’s only freshwater lake. Continue Reading »

Israel-made armored vehicles spotted in Ukraine

Developed by Israel, the Amir Multi-purpose 4×4 MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) armored vehicle, was photographed in the Ukraine.

By ROMAN MEITAV

 

Israeli-made Gaia Amir MRAP armored vehicles were claimed to have been spotted near Kherson in service of the Ukrainian army, according to unconfirmed reports and photos published on social media on Friday.

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Kanye West threatens Jews with antisemitic post on Twitter

Kanye West goes on to tweet that he can’t be antisemitic, “because black people are actually Jews also.”

By MICHAEL STARR

 

American rapper Kanye West threatened Jewish people about a supposed conflict with him over a Jewish agenda and said that he couldn’t be antisemitic because black people are Jews also, in a now-removed tweet on Sunday morning.

Screenshot taken before its removal by Twitter

Screenshot taken before its removal by Twitter

West, who had been largely inactive on Twitter until recently, shared a screenshot of a Forbes article relating how he had migrated to the social media platform from Instagram, which had restricted his account over apparent antisemitic remarks. Continue Reading »

Israel’s Capitulation to Hezbollah is Dangerous Appeasement

Following threats from Hezbollah’s chief Hassan Nasrallah, Israel’s interim PM Lapid and his Defense Minister Benny Gantz are bragging about signing a ‘protection deal’ with the Americans.

Caroline Glick’s Israel’s Devastating Capitulation to Hezbollah

 

(JNS) It is almost impossible to grasp the danger of Israel’s present moment.

A month before the Knesset elections, the caretaker government led by Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz is moving full speed ahead with a maritime agreement with an enemy state that it insists will obligate Israel in perpetuity. The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) agreement Israel is concluding with Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon will fundamentally alter Israel’s maritime borders, deny the Jewish state tens of billions of dollars, which will go instead to a government controlled by Iran’s Lebanese foreign legion, Hezbollah, and transform Hezbollah and Iran into actors in the eastern Mediterranean. Continue Reading »

Little Phylis from Zambia misses first day of school for heart surgery in Israel

Sweet 6 yr-old Phylis misses first day of first grade to travel all the way from Zambia to Wolfson Medical Center just outside of Tel Aviv, for lifesaving surgery courtesy of Save a Child’s Heart.

By Ynet

 

Over two million Israeli students returned to school on September 1, including thousands of excited children entering first grade and attending school for the first time.

But one child who won’t get to begin first grade with her friends is Phylis, a sweet six-year-old girl who came to Israel from Zambia to receive lifesaving surgery for a heart defect unexpectedly discovered two years ago. Continue Reading »

EXPOSED: Saudi reports Israeli F-35s penetrated Iranian airspace multiple times

According to the Saudi media report, the purpose of the joint Israel-US operation was to simulate an aerial and maritime strike on Iran.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

 

Israeli Air Force F-35 advanced fifth-generation fighter jets penetrated Iranian airspace multiple times over the last two months, according to the Saudi media outlet Elaph. Both Iranian and Russian radars failed to locate them, according to the report.

According to the news site, Israel and the US have conducted large-scale exercises over the Red Sea in order to simulate an aerial and maritime strike on Iran and the seizure of Iranian vessels in the Gulf Sea. Continue Reading »

NBC News spins Palestinian Islamic Jihad killing of Gaza kids

Just like the Hezbollah report, a NBC News Report also allowed readers to assume Israel was to blame while deliberately preventing its readers from learning that it was one of the PIJ rocket misfires that killed the kids in Jabalya.

By Gilead Ini

 

(JNS) On August 6, a rocket fell in Jabalya in the Gaza Strip, killing seven Palestinian Arabs, including four children.

Those with a tidy view of warfare likely viewed Israel as responsible. After all, the rocket fell during a round of fighting between Israel and Gaza’s Palestinian Islamic Jihad, during which Israeli struck at PIJ targets in Gaza and the Palestinian Arab terror group fired rockets toward towns in Israel. Continue Reading »

Gulf States to get US version of Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ defensive missile system

The Reuters report comes the same day when the US Army had successfully tested the Iron Dome at the White Sands Missile Range, and a month after the Marine Corps first tested the missile interceptor.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

 

The US State Department has approved the potential sale of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system missiles, THAAD fire control and communication stations, and related equipment to the United Arab Emirates, Reuters reported this week. In addition, the “State Department has approved the potential sale of Patriot missiles and related equipment to Saudi Arabia in a deal valued at up to $3.05 billion,” the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Continue Reading »

The Palestinians will never make peace with Israel & the EU & US can’t make them

UPDATED Analysis:
The Palestinian kleptocrats will never break from their ‘Resistance’ and accept Statehood as long as the ‘Palestinian Narrative’ continues to make them multi-BILLIONAIR€$, extremely powerful and welcomed by world leaders.

By Phillip Pasmanick

 

The only way to change what has been going on for the past few decades, is get statehood for the Arabs; design a workable infrastructure of services & production, and have a viable economy stimulated by taxes and an efficient government.  But, a number of existing dynamics are currently in play (and well oiled), that are in direct contradiction to such a hearty goal.

Kill Jews

Both Hamas TV and Palestinian Authority TV, lead by Abbas teach hatred and the incitement maintains the status quo: violence….which

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US Marines defense prototype uses Israel’s Iron Dome interceptors

The USMC successfully tested its MRIC prototype that uses the IDF’s Iron Dome ‘Tamir’ interceptor and launcher.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM

 

The US Marine Corps carried out a series of tests using its Medium-Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) prototype with components from Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system.

US air defense system with components from Israel’s Iron Dome. – Photo courtesy: ISRAEL’S DEFENSE MINISTRY

The MRIC uses the Corps’ Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) and Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) and incorporates the Iron Dome’s Tamir interceptor and launcher “to create an air defense system tailored to existing USMC assets and expeditionary requirements,” read a statement by Israel’s Defense Ministry. Continue Reading »

Single Tweet in Arabic Shakes Up Arab World, Destroys Palestinian Narrative

Arab world forced into reality when Dr. Edy Cohen’s amazing offer causes a social media storm with his tweet proving there never was a country called “Palestine.”

By Ryan Jones

 

The Palestinian narrative tells us that there was once a “Palestinian” people or nation living in a country called “Palestine” that was conquered and occupied by Israel.

This fiction is necessary because under international law, there can only be “occupation” if one nation takes land from another. If one nation took land that didn’t legally belong to any another, and has some compelling reason to have done so, then it is “disputed,” not occupied.  Continue Reading »

EC President to arrive in Jerusalem to seal Israeli natural gas deal

European Commission President’s visit to Jerusalem on Monday is to advance an EC proposal to acquire Israeli natural-gas via Cairo, that would reduce European reliance on energy imports from Russia.

By LAHAV HARKOV

 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is expected to arrive in Israel on Monday, as Jerusalem, Cairo and Brussels make strides toward a natural-gas export deal.

The European Union Embassy in Israel said von der Leyen was arriving “to advance relations between the EU and Israel, especially cooperation in the area of energy. The president will also discuss with Israeli government representatives the global reaction to the food crisis and the situation in the Middle East.” Continue Reading »

Floating gas extraction rig begins service in Israeli waters

Just in time to supply the EU, the newfound energy production should also incentivize competition in Israel’s markets, reducing energy prices and ultimately, reducing prices to everything else.

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Energean’s floating gas production rig, Energean Power, has arrived in Israel, mooring near the Shark gas reservoir, about 80 km off the coast of Haifa.

Energean, which holds the gas production licenses from the “Shark(Karish)” and “Crocodile(Tanin)” reservoirs, announced the arrival on Saturday.

Map of Israeli gas fields and disputed waters

Energean will immediately begin anchoring and connecting the rig to the gas wells and piping networks and begin the initial run of various system

The company estimates that commissioning operations will last about 3-4 months until the first gas flow is achieved, which is expected in the third quarter of 2022. Continue Reading »

Israeli PM Bennett says “Light Shield” to cost ‘just $2 per missile interception’

Israel’s proven “Light Shield” system, already under production for service by early 2023, is a ‘game-changer’ according to PM Bennett, saying the laser-based air defense system will ‘bankrupt’ Israel’s enemies, Lebanon, Palestinians & Iran, when downing their rockets at $2 per interception.

By Reuters

 

A laser-based air defense system that Israel hopes to deploy starting next year to neutralize enemy rockets and drones will cost just $2 per interception, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Wednesday.

Israel currently depends on defensive systems that launch interceptor missiles costing between tens of thousands and millions of dollars to track incoming projectiles.

Iron Beam can reportedly intercept drones, mortars, rockets, and anti-tank missile – Photo- Screengrab: Naftali Bennett

But the Iron Beam system, also called “Light Shield”, is a prototype unveiled last year, which uses lasers to super-heat and disable aerial threats. Continue Reading »