DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: IAF Seeking To Increase Cooperation With Ground Forces....NSI News Source Info # 2114

DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: IAF Seeking To Increase Cooperation With Ground Forces....NSI News Source Info # 2114

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 21, 2011: Israel Air Force sends pilots to infantry courses, launches workshops for senior-field commanders; new combat paradigm could lead to closer air support.

In an effort to increase cooperation with ground forces, the Israel Air Force has started sending pilots to infantry courses and launched a series of workshops for senior-field commanders, which include live flight simulations.

As an example, the incoming commander of the Hatzor Air Force Base near Ashdod recently completed the IDF Brigade Commanders Course and two pilots – one female – are currently participating in the Company Commanders Course.

Other initiatives include “ground week” for pilots who are sent for a week to the Ze’elim Training Base in the Negev Desert, where they trek with infantry troops, ride in tanks and armored personnel carriers and assault “enemy” positions.

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DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Israel, India Look To Hi-Tech As Trade Ties Expand....NSI News Source Info # 2051

DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Israel, India Look To Hi-Tech As Trade Ties Expand....NSI News Source Info # 2051

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 7, 2011: Israeli and Indian industry associations signed a memorandum of understating on recently aimed at spurring cross-border innovation and entrepreneurship, as the two countries add high technology to their growing network of trade and economic cooperation.

While bilateral trade has grown exponentially, the agreement between the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the country’s biggest trade association, and the Israel High Tech Industries Association, is unusual in that it focuses on technology. The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, home to the up-and-coming software center of Hyderbad, is close to signing a pact with Israel’s Matimop, a government agency that facilitates multinational research and development ventures.

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DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Israel's Borders And National Security....NSI News Source Info # 2023

DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Israel's Borders And National Security....NSI News Source Info # 2023

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 31, 2011:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said May 30 that Israel could not prevent the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state, in the sense of adopting a resolution on the subject. Two weeks ago, U.S. President Barack Obama, in a speech, called on Israel to return to some variation of its pre-1967 borders.

The practical significance of these and other diplomatic evolutions in relation to Israel is questionable. Historically, U.N. declarations have had variable meanings, depending on the willingness of great powers to enforce them. Obama’s speech on Israel, and his subsequent statements, created enough ambiguity to make exactly what he was saying unclear. Nevertheless, it is clear that the diplomatic atmosphere on Israel is shifting.

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DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Netanyahu To Outline Peace Vision In Speech To Congress....NSI News Source Info # 1992

DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Netanyahu To Outline Peace Vision In Speech To Congress....NSI News Source Info # 1992

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON- May 24, 2011: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would set forth his view of a future Middle East peace in an address to Congress on Tuesday and reaffirmed Israel would never return to its old, narrow borders.

"I will outline a vision for a secure Israeli-Palestinian peace," the right-wing Israeli leader said on Monday about his planned address to a joint meeting of Congress.

"I intend to speak the unvarnished truth. Now more than ever what we need is clarity."

Addressing the annual policy conference of the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group, Netanyahu appeared to keep alive a public dispute with President Barack Obama over the shape of a future Palestine.

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DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Meeting President Barack Obama At White House In Washington....NSI # 1971

DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Meeting President Barack Obama At White House In Washington....NSI News Source Info # 1971

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 20, 2011: U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, May 20, 2011. Obama's call for Israel to give Palestinians territory it has occupied since 1967 stunned Netanyahu and pushed the leaders' thawing relationship back into the freezer. (Photo - Reuters)

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DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Israeli Soldiers On Red Alert Near Golan Heights....NSI News Source Info # 1970

DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Israeli Soldiers On Red Alert Near Golan Heights....NSI News Source Info # 1970

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 20, 2011: Israeli soldiers patrol the border between Syria and Israel, close to the northern Druze village of Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights May 20, 2011. Israel heightened its security along the northern borders amid fears that Palestinian demonstrators would try to breach it's borders, repeating similar events on May 15, when dozens of protesters surged towards Israel's frontiers from Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed the territory in 1981, a move not recognized internationally. (Photo - Reuters)

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DTN News - ISRAEL ~ PALESTINIANS NEWS: Israeli Troops Clash With Protesters Along Borders....NSI News Source Info # 1957

DTN News - ISRAEL ~ PALESTINIANS NEWS: Israeli Troops Clash With Protesters Along Borders....NSI News Source Info # 1957

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 16, 2011: Israeli troops shot at Palestinian protesters along the border of Syria, Lebanon and Gaza Sunday killing at least 15 people as demonstrators marked the anniversary of Israel's creation.

Witnesses and Lebanese officials say Israeli troops killed 10 Palestinians and wounded more than 50 others when the troops fired on protesters to prevent them from crossing into Israel from Lebanon.

Demonstrators in Syria also tried to break through a border fence in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. A Syrian official and witnesses say Israeli troops opened fire, killing four and wounding at least 45.

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DTN News - Weapons Of Mass Destruction WMD NEWS: Eyeing Nuclear Sites, Iran Tests New Anti-Aircraft Missile....NSI News Source Info # 1830

DTN News - Weapons Of Mass Destruction WMD NEWS: Eyeing Nuclear Sites, Iran Tests New Anti-Aircraft Missile....NSI News Source Info # 1830

**Missile has higher "destruction power" and is meant to defend Tehran's nuclear plants, report says; official blames US, Israel for Stuxnet worm.

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources The Jerusalem Post

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 16, 2011:

Iran on Saturday tested a new anti-aircraft missile system dubbed the Sayyad-2 and the country's defense officials said the system will be deployed throughout the country in the near future, Fars News Agency reported.

Tehran had previously introduced the Sayyad-1 surface-to-air missile which is capable of destroying targets with a low Radar Cross Section (RCS) at low and medium altitudes, and can also defuse electronic warfare attacks, according to Fars report.

The newest Sayyad-2 is an upgraded version of the system and has "higher precision, range and destruction power," said the report.

Iranian Lietenant Commander Colonel Abolfazi Farmahini said recent tests of the mid-range hawk anti-aircraft missiles, conducted near the Khondab nuclear facility, successfully hit their targets. He said the test was aimed at assessing the level of preparedness of the system in defending Iran's nuclear plants.

Farmahini said the Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base tests the missiles regularly to strengthen the country's defense capabilities.

Also Saturday, Iranian military officials said the US and Israelare behind the Stuxnet computer worm that has harmed the country's nuclear program, AFP reported quoting IRNA.

"Investigations and studies show that the source of Stuxnet originates from America and the Zionist regime," Gholam Reza Jalali, the commander of the Iranian civil defense organization, said.

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DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Israel’s Military Ordering More Iron Dome Defense Systems....NSI News Source Info # 1811

DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Israel’s Military Ordering More Iron Dome Defense Systems....NSI News Source Info # 1811

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources JTA

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JERUSALEM, Israel

- April 11, 2011:

Israel's military is ordering four more Iron Dome missile defense systems, which successfully deployed during recent rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip.

The Israel Defense Forces said Monday that it would order the batteries from the Israel-based Rafael Advanced Defense Systems at a cost of up to $80 million each. The units reportedly will be delivered in a year-and-a-half and be ready for immediate use.

Funding for the new defense batteries, which intercepted all of the rockets in its coverage area in recent Gaza terrorist activity, is slated to come from an extra security aid allocation from the United States. The military aid, $3 billion for 2011, plus an additional $205 million for Iron Dome, has been tied up for five months due to a budget impasse in Washington.

President Obama is scheduled to sign the 2011 budget bill, which includes the aid to Israel, later this week.

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DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: IDF Prepares For Multi-Front War In War Games....NSI News Source Info # 1766

DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: IDF Prepares For Multi-Front War In War Games....NSI News Source Info # 1766

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources By Yaakov Katz - The Jerusalem Post

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 3, 2011: Military holds drill aimed at preparing forces for all-out war against Hezbollah, Syria, Hamas; exercise did not include soldiers, live-fire.

In the face of a changing Middle East, the IDF held a set of war games this week aimed at preparing the military for all-out war against Hezbollah, Syria and Hamas.

The exercise did not include soldiers or live-fire exercises, but was held to drill commanders and their decisions in the event of a large-scale war on multiple fronts.

The exercise was the first overseen by new Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz. It was organizedby Maj.-Gen. Gershon Hacohen, head of the IDF Colleges.

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