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Israeli Air Force F-35I fighter jets head to carry out strikes in Iran, in a photo published by the military on March 15, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 23, 2026, 1:55 pm
Israel and US have tried to take down Iran from the air. History shows the idea lacks legs
Since the 19th century, airpower has enticed military planners with dreams of a clean, short victory using cutting-edge technology. That has proven elusive without ground troops
By Lazar Berman
A Palestinian protester throws a Molotov cocktail towards Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank city of Hebron, April 3, 2013. (Nasser Shiyoukhi/AP)
March 29, 2022, 12:35 pm
In Mideast, Western embrace of Ukraine seen as tainted with hypocrisy
Palestinians and Iraqis draw parallels between their conflicts and that of cheered-on Ukrainians; experts say there’s greater moral clarity in opposing Russian invasion of neighbor
By Joseph Krauss
An Israeli family wears gas masks for fear of a chemical weapon attack during the 1991 Gulf War. (Michael Tzarfati/Defense Ministry Archive)
January 6, 2021, 6:41 pm
Gas masks, missiles and irony: Defense Ministry releases photos of 1991 Gulf War
Military archive marks 30 years since the conflict, when Iraq fired dozens of Scud missiles at Israel, with never-before-seen video, images and internal documents
By Judah Ari Gross
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper testifies to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the budget, March 4, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
October 4, 2020, 1:11 pm
US defense chief in Kuwait after death of emir
New Kuwaiti leader thanks Mark Esper for condolences, expresses concern over Trump’s health
By AFP
Ofir Manshari, a 39-year-old pasta restaurant owner, standing behind the coutner at Fabrizio in central Tel Aviv on March 15, 2020. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)
March 15, 2020, 9:49 pm
Doctor’s orders: New virus regulations turn up the heat on Tel Aviv restaurants
Owners take opposing views on government measures banning people from sitting in their establishments; despite restrictions, people out and about in the city
By Adam Rasgon
US President George H. Bush meets with members of the Palestinian delegation to the Mideast peace talks spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi, left, and Dr. Faisal Husseini, on Friday, Dec. 18, 1992 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP/Dennis Cook)
December 2, 2018, 12:33 am
Palestinians hail Bush as ‘the only US president to stand up to Israel’
PA leader Abbas sends condolence letter to president George W. Bush, whose late father pushed for major Israeli-Palestinian peace conference
By ToI Staff
In this Nov. 22, 1990 file photo, President George H.W. Bush is greeted by Saudi troops and others as he arrives in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, for a Thanksgiving visit (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
December 1, 2018, 9:47 am
1991 Gulf War looms large over Bush’s Mideast legacy
The events of Washington’s first armed conflict with Saddam Hussein have helped shape the region’s last three decades
By Hussain al-Qatari and Jon Gambrell
President George H.W. Bush speaking in 1993. (Jewish Chronicle/Heritage Images/Getty Images via JTA)
December 1, 2018, 9:12 am
Bush, a president who grappled with Jewish leaders, engineered rescue of Jews
The 41st president, who died Friday, had an often contentious relationship with the community and Israel, but his legacy has come to be viewed far more kindly
By Ron Kampeas
In this May 11, 2008, photo, former US president George H.W. Bush arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)
December 1, 2018, 8:12 am
Former US president George H.W. Bush dies at age 94
Youngest pilot in the Navy, his stellar political career saw him preside during collapse of Soviet Union and final months of Cold War; term marked by tensions with Shamir, US Jews
By AP and JTA
Iraqi and Saudi soccer fans cheer, waving national flags during a friendly soccer match between Iraq and Saudi Arabia in Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
March 17, 2018, 2:01 am
FIFA lifts three-decade ban on Iraq hosting international soccer matches
Cities of Arbil, Basra and Karbala given the go-ahead to stage official games as Iraq plans to host Qatar and Syria in a friendly tournament
By AFP
People walk past a display of Cold War-era tanks at the Royal Tank Museum in Amman, Jordan, February 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)
February 6, 2018, 5:15 pm
A century of Middle East wars on display at new Jordanian tank museum
Collection of 110 tanks that saw battle includes armored vehicles from conflicts between Israel and its Arab neighbors in the Golan Heights, Jerusalem
By Sam McNeil
The destruction caused by an Iraqi Scud missile that hit the 'Danny House' in Tel Aviv's Hatikva neighborhood in January 1991. (Bamahane/
January 18, 2018, 10:20 pm
‘We’re going to attack Iraq,’ Israel told the US. ‘Move your planes’
On 27th anniversary of Saddam’s 1991 Scud missile strikes at Israel, Defense Ministry releases interviews with senior officials on how close Israel came to bombing Baghdad
By Judah Ari Gross
Rosanne Skopp
December 11, 2017, 8:03 am
Rosanne Skopp
I feel as safe today as I did a week ago
When our US family and friends express worry over our safety, we know they don’t fully get what it means to live here
Stephen M. Flatow
November 6, 2017, 3:40 pm
Stephen M. Flatow
A slap in America’s face
There’s a new statue honoring Saddam Hussein in the Palestinian Authority city of Qalqilya
Workers are seen at the Shalon gas mask factory in Kiryat Gat, Israel, in August 2013 (photo credit: AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
August 5, 2016, 10:35 pm
Israel buys gas masks from firms that outfitted Nazis at Auschwitz with protective gear
Companies who kept SS guards safe from the Zyklon B they used at gas chambers now sell to Israel’s Defense Ministry, police, fire department
By ToI Staff
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