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Experts at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security survey trends and likely developments over the coming year in Israel’s strategic environment.
The seven-year prison sentence for Israeli-American Naama Issachar as well as the recent questioning of dozens of Israeli travelers has brought the complex relationship between the two countries into the public eye.
Following two hours of questioning and fingerprinting, all passengers were released.
Netanyahu vows to bring home Israeli woman imprisoned in Russia
“I’m not a magician, but I’ll bring Naama home,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells supporters • Israeli American Naama Issachar, 26, was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison on drug charges.
The assistance authorizes cooperation with Israel on counter-tunnel and counter-aerial capabilities, and $500 million for developing and procuring the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow weapon systems.
Washington has given Cairo billions of dollars of economic and military assistance, including providing F-16 fighter planes, attack helicopters and other equipment.
The Russians submitted a petition asking Israel to extradite the hacker to Moscow, but Israel’s Supreme Court rejected the request.
The Memorial Candle Monument honors the estimated 600,000 to 1.5 million who died during the 900-day siege, considered to have been among the most brutal in history.
Whoever said the adage, “nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests,” appears to have correctly perceived the nature of international relations, especially when it comes to the Jewish state and Russia.
What goes up must come down, says founder and former head of the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Homa Directorate Uzi Rubin, and all militaries know it and account for it.
Chinese media reports David’s Sling interceptor that landed intact in Syria after failing to detonate was recovered by Syrian forces and handed over to Russia for study.
The ruling follows petitions by Aleksey Burkov, who has been in Israeli custody since 2015, and the family of Israeli-American woman Naama Issachar, who has been held by Russia since April.
