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Israel blocks US takeover of Iron Dome software firm

The proposed deal would have left the state-owned Rafael as a minority shareholder, but security officials are wary of foreign control.

By Yaakov Lappin

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The Iron Dome air defence system intercepts missiles fired from Iran over central Israel on June 19, 2025 (Flash90)

IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir addresses his troops following the recovery of Ran Gvili's body (IDF)

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Israeli soldiers during a medical military training in Northern Galillee (Image: Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

By Andrew Fox

Why cutting military ties with Israel would cost British soldiers’ lives

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Coalition whip and Likud MK Ofir Katz leads a House committee meeting at the Knesset on December 1, 2025 (Flash90)

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Coalition delays first reading of state budget amid Charedi draft row

By Jacob Jaffa

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Settlers

Settler violence increased by nearly a third in 2025, IDF confirms

By Jacob Jaffa

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Rafah

Six killed in Rafah firefight IDF dubbed ‘blatant violation’ of Gaza ceasefire

By Jacob Jaffa

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Young Jews arriving in Israel to join the IDF (Image: Flash90)

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New IDF initiative offers fast-track reserve duty for immigrants to Israel

By Yaakov Lappin

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IDF ‘on alert’ for US strikes on Iran as protest death toll rises

The US has now ordered its citizens to leave the Islamic Republic as President Trump reportedly weighs up military intervention

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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US President Trump takes questions from the members of the press aboard Air Force One on January 11, 2026 (Getty Images)

IDF soldier jailed after being filmed randomly firing machine gun in Gaza on New Year’s Eve

The man was handed a 20-day sentence, but the military denied he had fired towards civilian homes

By Jacob Jaffa

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January 8, 2026 15:04

An IDF soldier firing his machine gun randomly in Gaza on December 31, 2025 (X/LTC_Shoshani)

Israel strikes Hamas and Hezbollah ‘weapons production sites’ in Lebanon

The IDF said it targeted weapons storage facilities and ‘military infrastructure’ in the southern regions, including in the country’s third-largest city

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

January 6, 2026 10:20

An Israeli strike on the village of Kfar Hatta, in southern Lebanon on January 5, 2025 (Getty Images)

Trump’s meeting with freed hostages was ‘extraordinarily moving’ IDF reservist says

Tzahit Levi has been on the frontline of Israel’s hostage crisis since October 7

By Siam Goorwich

2 min read

January 6, 2026 07:00

Donald Trump's reception with 26 released Israeli hostages was described as 'extraordinarily moving' (Picture: White House/ Instagram)

By Mike Doran

Tucker Carlson claims Israel is a burden on the US. It reveals profound strategic ignorance

The security mechanism with the Jewish state directly serves the American interest and, in practice, saves American lives, soldiers and civilians alike

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Israeli F-35i and F-15i aircraft fly alongside a US B-52 strategic bomber in a joint military exercise (Image: IDF)

Most Gazan journalists killed by IDF had links to terror, new report claims

More than 150 of the 266 reported casualties were affiliated with groups like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, per the study released by an IDF-linked think tank

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

December 12, 2025 10:32

Gazan journalist Anas al-Sharif (C), who was killed in an Israeli strike in August, embraces the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (IDF)

Hundreds of Charedi Jews protest against IDF draft outside London embassy

Demonstration by members of Strictly Orthodox community follows end to conscription exemption for full-time yeshiva students in Israel

By Daniel Ben-David

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December 11, 2025 17:32

Hundreds of members of the Charedi Jewish community demonstrate close to the Israeli embassy in London opposing the mandatory conscription of yeshiva students and the state itself (Credit: Daniel Ben-David)

Religious Zionism expected to back revised Charedi draft bill

The redrafted bill has heavily watered down sanctions against draft dodgers, but is set to pass through the Israeli parliament with the support of some unlikely allies

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

December 11, 2025 11:20

Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich talks with a Charedi MK ahead of US President Trump's address to the Knesset on October 13, 2025 (Getty Images)

History is made as Israeli batteries are deployed to protect Germany from Russian missiles

Germany has received Israel’s Arrow system in the first tranche of a $4bn defence deal

By Ben Conway

2 min read

December 4, 2025 16:16

The flags of Israel and Germany fly in front of the Arrow 3 shield system at the Annaburger Heide Air Base in Schoenewalde / Holzdorf, eastern Germany (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP via Getty Images)

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Israel blocks US takeover of Iron Dome software firm

The last hostage: Ran Gvili’s return and Israel’s refusal to leave anyone behind

Why cutting military ties with Israel would cost British soldiers’ lives

Coalition delays first reading of state budget amid Charedi draft row

Settler violence increased by nearly a third in 2025, IDF confirms

Six killed in Rafah firefight IDF dubbed ‘blatant violation’ of Gaza ceasefire

New IDF initiative offers fast-track reserve duty for immigrants to Israel

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