Middle East

David’s Sling defense system passes final test (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel’s David’s Sling missile defense system passed its final test and will become operational in 2016, the Defense Ministry announced Monday. David’s Sling is designed to intercept medium- to long-range rockets and cruise missiles fired from ranges of 40 kilometers (25 miles) to 300

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — While we hear daily of terrorist attacks against Jews not only in the West Bank settlements and Jerusalem, and not only if they’re in uniform, but also against citizens going about their daily business in the center of the country; while international bodies pass all kinds of resolutions against Israel;

By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — Benny Gantz is an Israeli general.  When you look at him and you listen to him you have the same reaction.  There’s a certain confidence, a polite swagger as he establishes himself behind the podium as the keynote speaker at the Federation Men’s event.  There’s that baritone voice with enough

New Dolphin-class submarine leaves Germany for Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The INS Rahav, the fifth in a planned fleet of six Israeli submarines, on Thursday left the shipyard in Kiel, Germany, and is scheduled to arrive in Israel in January. The submarine is carrying some 50 crew members, including a senior Israeli Navy officer.

By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — God willing, I’m traveling to Israel for two weeks in January, to visit the combined resting places of my parents for the first time and to rejoice with my daughter Debra’s pregnancy (it’s twin girls!).   It’s a bittersweet and healing journey of memory, life, and renewal at a particularly

Kuwait Airways nixes NY-London route to avoid catering to Israelis (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Kuwait Airways has closed its New York-London route in the aftermath of a U.S. Transportation Department demand that the airline stop illegally discriminating against Israelis through its policy of refusing to sell them tickets, USA Today reported Tuesday. The Transportation Department