Father of IDF soldier Ronen Lubarsky, killed during an arrest raid near Ramallah in May, calls ruling "unprecedented disgrace." The time has come for military prosecution to restore deterrence by demanding the death sentence, he says.
Israel is stronger today than it has ever been much because of what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – now the country's longest-serving PM – has been able to accomplish on both a domestic and international level.
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu: If the United States portrays an adversarial attitude towards us, we will take retaliatory measures, as we’ve told them. This is not a threat or a bluff. The US has expressed concerns that Russia's S-400 software will compromise its F-35 stealth jet program to the benefit of Moscow.
Peace Now claims that dozens of remote outposts have been founded in Judea and Samaria over the past few years, often with tacit government support. "Most of the illegal construction is carried out in an organized manner by officials and with extensive funding from the public coffers," left-wing group argues.
As tensions rise along one of the world's most strategically important waterways, US seeks to promote multinational security initiative to protect commercial vessels. Ships are asked to register with UK Marine Trade Operations so naval forces can come to their aid.
