The U.S. assistance authorizes cooperation with Israel on counter-tunnel and counter-aerial capabilities, and $500 million for developing and procuring the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow weapon systems.
“We need to continue to feed the world; we’re not going to do that through outdated methods. We need to continue to deploy technology and smart practices. Israel has been a leader in that area.”
If we want to create a new liturgy that stands a chance of becoming a lasting, vital contribution to Jewish spiritual life, we will not achieve this by going through the siddur with a red pen.
Over years of conflict with the Palestinian Arabs, Israel was to be blamed for its failure to adhere to its “biblical-moral tradition.” Lately, some promise exists for change.
Hebron is an ancient city making its introduction to Jewish tradition in the Torah, which records Abraham’s purchase of the Tomb of Machpelah as a burial site for his wife, Sarah. Though control of the city exchanged hands over the millenia, Hebron featured an almost continuous Jewish presence until the present day.
Saeb Erekat repeatedly libeled Israel, aided terrorists and was an obstacle to peace. But Jewish values will always dictate that Israelis help those in need.
The U.S. president hopes that a deal with the ayatollahs will allow him to present the American people with a foreign-policy achievement before the midterms.
A strike with mass casualties “will definitely lead to deterrence, because the U.S. and the Israeli regime ... are by no means ready to take part in a war and a military confrontation,” writes Sadollah Zarei.