Israel Update

Note: There will be no Israel Update for the next 2 weeks. Hopefully returning around 19 November. ELECTION-FREE ZONE At the time of writing, the Israeli election result remains inconclusive.…

Note: Israeli domestic politics and in particular the forthcoming election on Oct. 27th are outside the remit of these Updates. “GENOCIDE” CLAIMS CHALLENGED   The allegations of genocide against Israel…

Note: Israel’s domestic politics in general and, in particular, the forthcoming Israeli election on Oct. 27th are outside the remit of these Updates.   SOUTHERN ISRAEL: THREAT TO THE NEGEV…

OCTOBER 7th: 3rd ANNIVERSARY Israel’s official state ceremony to remember the victims and heroes of the Oct. 7 massacre was held at the monument for fallen terror victims on Mount…

Chag Sameach to my readers. UPDATE ON FLYDUBAI INCIDENT (as at early afternoon 30/9) A commercial flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on…

Chag Succot Sameach to my readers. TERROR ATTACK Netanel Shukrun, 36, a father of six from Alei Zahav in Samaria, was killed on Sunday after immersing himself in a natural…

THE UK & ISRAEL   In 2015, British security services uncovered three and a half tons of explosive ammonium nitrate hidden inside thousands of first-aid kits in London following a…