Ultra-Orthodox Faction Recruits Women in Drive Against Israeli Army Draft
The army's 'disregard for anything connected to religion was terrible,' tells mother of one conscript to thousands of women gathered at conference on the topic.
The army's 'disregard for anything connected to religion was terrible,' tells mother of one conscript to thousands of women gathered at conference on the topic.
During service in four wars, Eitan Karmi downed nine enemy aircraft and made a daring escape after his plane was hit by Syrians.
A corollary of Military Edict No. 1933 is that army commanders obey settlers' instructions to prevent Palestinians from reaching their lands.
Israel's most renowned chief of staff went to Vietnam before becoming defense minister. We would have done well to learn from his travels in the swamps of the Far East.
Hopefully, the investigation into the submarine affair will make it clear how a government-to government arrangement between Israel and Germany developed into a business connection involving agents and commissions.
Soldiers pay the direct price for Israel’s actions in the West Bank, and those who break the silence have more rights than we, the silent majority.
As Israel's crackdown on anti-occupation groups broadens, the head of B'Tselem explains why the NGO no longer cooperates with state institutions. Israeli society is entirely complicit in the injustice – including the Supreme Court, he says.
Just like Israel, Turkey and Italy have experienced turbulent times. Anshel Pfeffer took a two-week journey that highlighted the differences, but also similarities, between the three democracies - and returned optimistic.
Twenty years later, a reserve brigade commander believes Israel’s great helicopter disaster hastened the exit from Lebanon in 2000. Fear of soldiers dying is also paralyzing leaders today.
After a soldier was wounded in Jenin, the IDF intensified its nighttime raids there. And when the Israelis don’t enter this West Bank refugee camp, the Palestinian security forces do.