“The enemy has morphed from a terrorist group into an army. This poses a challenge for the IDF and the IAF, and we have to adapt to it,” IDF Chief Aviv Kochavi says in pilots’ graduation ceremony. PM Netanyahu: We always remember that we must be able to defend ourselves, by ourselves, against any threat.

Despite the US being the first nation to recognize Israel, the relationship got off to a rocky start. But the relations ultimately turned into a strategic partnership that is based on common values and shared interests. 

This year’s meeting in Jerusalem hosted 350 pro-Israel and Jewish leaders and activists from 40 countries, with the goal of strengthening and consolidating the global pro-Israel advocacy network.

Eli and Asaf Gigi allegedly break into Bitfinex, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, and steal $100 million from virtual accounts holding bitcoins. They were arrested by the Israel Police cyber unit on suspicion of committing phishing fraud on an international scale.

Even an interim Israeli government can clean-up the city, stop dithering on construction, rebuff deleterious foreign pressures, and invest in all sectors of Israel’s capital, so as to secure the national goal of a united, livable and luminous Jerusalem.