Nava Freiberg

3 weeks ago | timesofisrael.com | Emanuel Fabian |Nurit Yohanan |Nava Freiberg

Israel has been arming a criminal gang of jihadists in the Gaza Strip as part of an effort to strengthen opposition to Hamas in the enclave, defense sources confirmed on Thursday following remarks on the matter by former defense minister Avigdor Liberman.

3 weeks ago | timesofisrael.com | Nava Freiberg |Emanuel Fabian

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was caught on tape telling a senior rabbi that he ousted former defense minister Yoav Gallant and former IDF chief of staff Lt. Gen Herzi  Halevi to enable his coalition to advance a law exempting ultra-Orthodox men from military service. The leaked recordings, which captured parts of a conversation between Netanyahu and Haredi Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch in March, aired Wednesday on Israel’s Channel 13. “We had enormous obstacles that we removed.

3 weeks ago | timesofisrael.com | Emanuel Fabian |Nava Freiberg |Jacob Magid

The Israel Defense Forces’ Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin on Tuesday accused Hamas of making “exaggerated” claims about deadly incidents over the past three days near US- and Israel-backed aid distribution sites in southern Gaza. The IDF statement, which also featured a map of military positions in the Strip and new details on the deaths of three troops Monday, was echoed by a government spokesman. “This week, it was claimed that the IDF fired on civilians at the aid distribution site.

3 weeks ago | timesofisrael.com | Nava Freiberg |Lazar Berman

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a US management consulting firm that helped establish the new American- and Israeli-backed aid distribution mechanism in Gaza, has abandoned the project, a spokesperson for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said Monday. Confirming a report by The Washington Post, the spokesperson said BCG had called back its team from Tel Aviv on Friday. The report came as GHF announced it would appoint US evangelical interfaith leader Rev.

3 weeks ago | timesofisrael.com | Emanuel Fabian |Nava Freiberg |Diana Bletter |Stav Levaton

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