Israel Air Force

A Palestinian man and boy react to the sound of a Israeli warplane, flying at very low altitude above the ruins of the government building, which was completely destroyed that morning. Gaza city, November 17, 2012 (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
It’s time to talk about Gaza
For the sake of both the residents of Israel’s south and the Palestinians, we must speak about Gaza as a place with real people, rather than as a science experiment. Over the past few years, the Israeli public discussion has reduced conditions in Gaza to one of two situations: either it’s the place where rockets…
By Haggai Matar July 3, 2014
Israeli Air Force F-15 takes off (photo: IDF Spokesperson
The dark heart of Israel’s regional military policy
When you believe your enemies hate you more than they love their children, as Golda Meir put it, there’s no real deterrence against them; you have to keep bombing. Most people in the West, I’d say, think that if Israel gives up the occupation, it will be healed. It will no longer be a danger…
By Larry Derfner February 28, 2014
Israeli Air Force F-16 (photo: IDF Spokesperson / CC BY-NC 2.0)
It seems Israel just picked another fight beyond its borders
Yesterday morning’s air strike in Syria was apparently the latest instance of Israeli aggression posing as self-defense. No Israeli public figure I’m aware of has spoken out against yesterday morning’s attack on an arms convoy transferring weapons (reportedly not chemical ones) from Syria to Hezbollah, which, according to foreign news agencies, was carried out by…
By Larry Derfner January 31, 2013
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