The Unique Challenges Israel’s IDF Faces

By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  March 20th at 09:04 AM  | 

On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Allysen Efferson are joined by a Major in Israel’s IDF to discuss the challenges Israelis face with a war so close to home, an enemy that blends so easily into the background and the role of UAVs in modern warfare.

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They CAN be taught!

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 5th at 09:34 AM  | 

Personally, I would have thought that any group stupid enough to send in a blockade runner named after a useful idiot who tried to play chicken with a bulldozer would be unteachable, but score one for the human survival reflex: Israeli naval commandos seized an Irish-owned aid ship [MV Rachel Corrie] headed for Gaza Saturday morning, officials said. The Israel military said it boarded the | Read More »

Israel intercepts Gaza blockade runners: 14 dead.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  May 31st at 05:37 AM  | 

The Israelis are very, very serious about maintaining said blockade: At least 14 people were killed and 50 were injured early Monday as the Israeli Navy took over the ships taking part in the aid sail to Gaza, Arab and Turkish media reported. The IDF reported that four soldiers were injured during the takeover from live ammunition and knife stabbing. One of the troops was | Read More »