That procedure was banned in 2005 by Israel’s Supreme Court, in an expansive ruling that also outlawed the use of human shields in other contexts. The court’s president, Aharon Barak, ruled that a resident of an occupied territory “should not be brought, even with his consent, into a...
That year, they scored their first major military victory, defeating the powerful Qurayshi army of Mecca at the Battle of Badr. In the ensuing years, the followers of Allah would carve a place for themselves out of the war-torn region. Not surprisingly, the Quran vindicated defense combat ...
The U.S. has never taken any punitive action against Israel, which is its number one proxy in West Asia. The White House has defended the occupation regime even when its war crimes are condemned by UN agencies.
Gen. Jim Dubik told the publication Army Times, the Stinger is a weapon with the potential to be "a game changer," giving soldiers on the ground the ability to contest the airspace, and hinder the enemy's ability to conduct operations [source: Gould and Altman]. The weapon's ...
“Recognition is an act of powerful political and symbolic value,” Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said at the time. “It is an expression of our view that Palestine holds and should be able to vindicate the full rights of the state, including self-determination, self-governance, territorial...
Over the years, Nasri has partnered with powerful figures, including former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani; former Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev; Burkinabé smuggler and Philip Morris representative Apollinaire Compaoré; and even Saddam Hussein’s son Uday. Today, he remains a close ally of Ira...
these have never been tested in combat. On the other hand, IAF uses world-class technology legally acquired from leading manufacturers such as Israel, Europe and Russia. Israel’s lighting pod used on most of the aircraft of IAF is the best targeting pod in the world. Thus, it is quite ...
mother led the family’sPassover celebrationof the liberation of the ancient Israelites from Egypt thousands of years ago. But this year, Gat is struggling with how to reconcile a holiday commemorating freedom after his mother was slain and other family members abdu...
Army began to study interceptor missiles that could destroy incoming ballistic missiles. In 1961, the Army achieved the first successful intercept of a dummy ICBM warhead, which led to a major push for the deployment of a national defense shield. Six years later, the nation's first missile-...
Army uses a 155mm .38 caliber howitzer and allows for a wide choice of ordinance. One group, termed smart submunitions, are the type of cluster bombs described in the run-in on the previous page. A single shell carries multiple charges, which separate in the air. Each submunition is ...