Israel Signs $630M Missile Deal With India
The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced Sunday it has signed a $630 million deal with the Indian state-owned aerospace and defense company Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).
The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced Sunday it has signed a $630 million deal with the Indian state-owned aerospace and defense company Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).
President Reuven Rivlin’s office refused to confirm or deny a report that appeared in Yediot Aharonot on Wednesday to the effect that while in Russia last month, Rivlin asked President Vladimir Putin to use his influence with Syria in order to return the remains of master spy Eli Cohen to Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week urged Gen. Martin Dempsey to boost US aid to Syria’s increasingly embattled Druze minority, Haaretz reported Saturday night.
The staff of Israel’s embassy to Cairo has been recalled over security concerns.
Israel has quietly tested ways of defeating an advanced air-defense system that Russia has deployed in the Middle East and that could limit Tel Aviv’s ability to strike in Syria or Iran, military and diplomatic sources said.
Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich said on Friday that the National Fraud Unit would continue doing its work “without looking left or right,” despite the “bashing it receives from all sides.”
Israel Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich on Sunday held a meeting on the banks of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) with Northern Division Commander Alon Assur.
The Israel Police have asked for the public’s help in locating a missing soldier, 23-year-old Amir Ka’abiye, a resident of the Bedouin town of Ka’abiye in the Galilee.
Jerusalem – The Washington Post’s bureau chief in Jerusalem says he was briefly detained by Israeli border police while reporting in east Jerusalem.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on Tuesday called on Israeli members of the extremist ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor, or “Pure Heart” cult to “come home,” offering each family unprecedented absorption benefits.