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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a joint press conference in Jerusalem, Israel, June 25, 2012. Credit: Kobi Gideon / GPODowning of Russian Plane Exposed Putin's Court JewMost Israelis, along with their prime minister, are beginning to understand that the crisis with Russia is not a passing matter. But they haven't figured out what the core issue isDmitry Shumsky18:13And so, brothers and sisters, because of the malicious provocation of the Jewish air force, our airplane, with 15 Russian souls on board, was downed by the friendly fire of our ally. The...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision last week at the UN General Assembly to reveal the location of secret missile sites in Beirut, including one near the city’s international airport, could turn up the pressure on the Lebanese state, and certainly sends a clear warning to Iran and Hezbollah.It remains unclear how active the sites currently are, and the revelations could be designed to deter Iran and Hezbollah from “switching them on,” and using them to turn heavy rockets into precision missiles that can target any number of sensitive targets deep inside Israel.Yet such public...

It is not every day that a new nuclear bomb design is announced.This week, the National Nuclear Security Administration said it had completed its final review of a powerful weapon based on the B61s and outlined the next steps to revamp several types of nukes. The United States military will soon be able to slip undetected through enemy surveillance in stealth bombers and fighter jets to launch a devastating strike anywhere on the planet if need be.Dubbed the B61-12 gravity bomb, the new nuclear weapon is expected to start production in 2020.The U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal has been aging. The...