Barbara Opall-Rome
Monday, June 9, 2014 - 06:43
Israeli military officers are urging the government not to curtail security coordination with Fatah-commanded forces in the West Bank, despite Israel's rejection of the new Hamas-backed Palestinian government.
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 07:03
Rather, it is restricting exports to less advanced technologies and systems, primarily for purposes of counterterrorism and homeland security.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 15:02
Former Israeli and Saudi spy chiefs debated a spectrum of hot-button Mideast issues — including the Iranian nuclear threat, Islamic terror, Syrian civil war and, of course, prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace — in an unprecedented public event Monday in Brussels.
Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 09:19
“The German option is off the table ... They’re not willing to contribute funding and, on top of that, the price they proposed is unacceptably high,” said a retired Israel Navy admiral familiar with the discussions.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:25
But Rear Adm. Yaron Levi, Israel Navy chief of staff, said preliminary findings reaffirm the service’s tactic of choice for tackling contraband on the high seas: force prevention through force projection.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 12:55
But given Obama’s backing and overwhelming congressional support for its “principal strategic partner” in the region, Israel can count on follow-on funding, said Danny Ayalon, a former Israeli ambassador to the US.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 08:58
This year’s annual multimission drill, the fourth conducted by the three nations, will involve hundreds of military personnel deployed on advanced surface ships, air assets and submarines, Navy sources here said.
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 10:00
The two governments concluded a March 5 agreement that released $429 million in previously-authorized funds frozen until the two sides had finalized terms and conditions for US Iron Dome production.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 08:37
Israel’s Elbit Systems announced Sunday that its US subsidiary won an international bid for an estimated $145 million anti-intrustion network to secure Arizona’s southern border with Mexico.
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 13:21
Israel’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee (FADC), the parliamentary panel with oversight of the nation’s defense establishment, has been rendered dangerously dysfunctional due to political infighting over the committee chair, lawmakers here said.