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Israel Military Weekly In Hot Water After Publishing Report On Soldiers As Drag Queens

AP | Posted 03.20.2012

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JERUSALEM -- An article about off-duty soldiers in Israel doubling as drag queens has gotten the Israeli military's magazine into trouble. The milita...

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Step In The Right Direction: Israel To Clear Land Mines

AP | Posted 01.29.2012

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JERUSALEM -- Israel's defense ministry says it will soon begin clearing thousands of mines in southern Israel. In a statement Sunday, defense officia...

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Israel Prepares To Take In Syrian Refugees

AP | By DANIELLA CHESLOW | Posted 01.10.2012

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JERUSALEM -- Israel's military chief says the country is readying to take in Syrian refugees should Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime fall. Lt. ...

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Israel And U.S. To Stage Major Defense Drill

AP | By IAN DEITCH | Posted 03.06.2012

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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military is gearing up together with U.S. forces for a major missile defense exercise, the Israeli military announced Thursda...

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12 Jewish Extremists Banned From West Bank

AP | Posted 01.05.2012

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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military said Thursday it has banned 12 Jewish extremists from entering the West Bank for three to nine months because they a...

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Three Myths of Israel's Insecurity and Why They Must Be Debunked

Ira Chernus | Posted 06.18.2011

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U.S. opinion-shapers have created an indelible image of Israel as a deeply insecure nation. That image is a major, if often overlooked, factor that has shaped Washington's policies in the Middle East.

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Israel Warns Of Military Retaliation If Palestinian Rockets Continue

AP | Posted 05.28.2011

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JERUSALEM -- Israel's prime minister is warning Gaza militants of a military retaliation if they resume firing rockets at southern Israeli communities...

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Turkey Bars Israel Military Flights After Gaza Raid

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey has closed its airspace to some Israeli military flights following a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship, the Turkish p...

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Israel Launches New Spy Satellite To Monitor Iran

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israel launched a spy satellite called "Ofek 9" late Tuesday, Israel's Defense Ministry and officials said, increasing Israel's capacity...

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The End of (Military) History? The United States, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War

Andrew Bacevich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Although Western liberalism may retain considerable appeal, the Western way of war has run its course.

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Israeli Army: Gaza War Soldier Faces Manslaughter Charge

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — The Israeli military indicted a soldier Tuesday on a charge of manslaughter during last year's war in the Gaza Strip – the mos...

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Anat Kam Gag Order Dropped By Israel After Internet Mocking

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

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The difficulty of maintaining secrecy in the Internet Age was on full view in America, this week, as the U.S. military found itself forced to explain ...

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Israel Unveils New Drone Fleet That Can Reach Iran

AP | TIA GOLDENBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEL NOF AIR FORCE BASE, Israel — Israel's air force on Sunday introduced a fleet of huge pilotless planes that can remain in the air for a full ...

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Israelis Disciplined Gaza artillery fire

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Monday it has reprimanded two high-ranking officers for approving the firing of artillery shells toward a ...

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Israeli Soldier Discharged Over Pro-Settler Sign

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — The Israeli military has discharged a soldier for waving a banner at a ceremony protesting the army's demolition of a West Bank sett...

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Iranian Military Vows To "Wipe Israel Out Of Existence" If Attacked

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Video news coverage of interviews with Iranian military officials conducted in early May reveal the troubling increased contentiousness between the Is...

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Israel Bombs Hamas Ministry In Gaza

Reuters | Nidal al-Mughrabi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Israel bombed the Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza and closed border crossings with the coastal strip on Friday in an intensified campaign to halt ...

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Israel: US Report On Iran Nukes Could Ignite War

AP | LAURIE COPANS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Israel's public security minister warned Saturday that a U.S. intelligence report that said Iran is no longer developing nuclear arms could lead to a ...

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