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ISRAEL POSITIONS OF there is a general expectation of a Hez- advanced missile defense systems. including three women, got their wings
U.S. YOUTH FADE WITH AGE bollah takeover. The Turkish lira has The plane operates a massive ar- on Thursday, June 25.
The 18-35 demographic surveyed in fallen again, and President Erdogan’s ray of sensors and the most advanced Of the 600 cadets who pass the
U.S. polls is traditionally the least sup- popularity is in sharp decline. It is al- electronic warfare capabilities ever put preliminary tests, only 30-40 will suc-
portive of Israel. Moreover, they are most certain that Turkey’s economic on an aircraft, and it is capable of inter- cessfully complete the course. Course
being educated on college campuses problems will have a significant influ- cepting airborne threats such as cruise graduates receive a bachelor’s degree
ence on its intervention in Syria and
missiles. (Anna Ahronheim, Jerusalem
from Ben-Gurion University and the
where they are exposed to a steady
EASY drumbeat of anti-Israel propaganda. pushed to the sidelines. One sees more JERUSALEM’S CHANGING rank of lieutenant. th
Post)
Libya.
The Palestinian issue has been
The graduation ceremony will take
The annual Gallup Poll on Ameri-
place on the 100 anniversary of the
can attitudes toward Israel found that
DEMOGRAPHICS:
and more people – mainly on social
establishment of the Jewish Defense
support for Israel is weakest among
AN OVERVIEW
media – saying openly that they no lon-
Organizations – armed militia groups
STEPS that age group, while support for Pal- ger care about the “Palestinian cause.” The Jerusalem Statistical Yearbook, that included the Haganah, Palmach,
estinians is strongest.
The Arabic hashtag “Palestine is not
published by the Jerusalem Institute Lehi, Etzel [Irgun] and others which
These findings are consistent with
my problem” has spread all over social
for Policy Research, provides the lat-protected Jews before the establish-
the findings of Gallup Polls going back
media, though many oppose it.
est picture of Jerusalem’s demographic ment of the State of Israel.
to 1997, where the youngest age group
Every state in the region stands
At the end of 2018, 919,400 people dechai Raflowitz, an Etzel fighter and
Israel and the most supportive of Pal-
How To Stay surveyed proved the least supportive of alone in its struggle against the virus mosaic. The course graduates invited Mor-
and its ramifications. No one speaks of
lived in Jerusalem, twice the popula-grandfather of one of the graduates, to
estinians.
an Arab – let alone an Islamic – frater-
tion of Tel Aviv and 10% of Israel’s to-visit the flight school.
However, those 18-year-olds in
Up-To-Date 1997 – when only 36% said they sup- nity or solidarity, ideas that have been tal population. They included 569,800 “When I fought in the Irgun ranks
revealed once again as hollow rhetori-
Jews (62%) and 349,600 Arabs (38% as a Holocaust survivor, the rosiest
ported Israel – are now 41. Gallup re-
On Your ports that 61% of 35- to 54-year-olds cal slogans. (Col. (res.) Dr. Dan Got- – of whom 96% were Muslims and 4% future I dreamed of was the establish-
tlieb and Lt.-Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai
Christians).
ment of the state. Now, my grand-
say their sympathies are more with Is-
Kedar, Begin-Sadat Center for Strate-
The birthrate among the Jewish daughter will receive her pilot’s wings,
Jewish rael, while only 19% say they favored gic Studies - Bar-Ilan University) population in Jerusalem at 29.2 (births and I feel that my heart cannot contain
the Palestinians. (Herb Keinon, Jeru-
per thousand residents) was higher than my joy and pride,” Raflowitz said of
Community salem Post) MORE F-35 STEALTH that of the Arab population at 24.9. his granddaughter, Lt. Y. (Anna Ahron-
FIGHTER JETS HEADED
CORONAVIRUS AND
For many years (1967-2011), the heim, Jerusalem Post)
TO ISRAEL
birthrate of the Arab population in Je-
1 STEP ONE THE MIDDLE EAST Four F-35i Adir stealth fighter jets will rusalem was higher, but beginning in FREEING TERRORISTS
The collateral damage of the pandemic
LEADS TO MORE VICTIMS
2012 the trend was reversed.
land in Israel in August, with another
will be extremely meaningful for the
three arriving in November, bringing
The decline in the birthrate among According to estimates from Israel’s
Middle East beyond the direct medical
Hourly implications. The sharp fall in oil pric- the total to 27 out of the 50 on order the Arab population is associated with defense and security establishment,
from the U.S.
an increase in the level of education about half of the 14,000 terrorists
es resulting from reduced demand has
Social Media: While we don’t always badly hit the economies of oil-produc- One of the planes will be an ex- and increased participation of women whom Israel granted early release over
post hourly, we do post often. What do we perimental F-35i that will act as a test in the labor force. the past 35 years resumed their terrorist
post? Time-sensitive news, alerts, items of ing Arab countries. Countries that rely bed for integrating unique Israeli tech- The overall fertility rate of Jewish activity. Many of the 1,027 who were
interest, and more. Follow us on Facebook, heavily on tourism (Egypt, Turkey, Tu- nology. women in Jerusalem was 4.4 children, freed in exchange for captive soldier
Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and more! nisia, Morocco, Jordan and, to a lesser
The Israel Air Force (IAF) has used
Find us by searching for “JFEDSRQ.” extent, Israel) have suffered severely the stealth fighter on operational mis- compared with 3.1 children among Gilad Shalit also went on to commit
Arab women. (Nadav Shragai, Institute more attacks. Hundreds of Israelis
from the total halt in visitors.
2 STEP TWO region has been challenged because of sions since 2018. “The IAF knows how for Contemporary Affairs - Jerusalem have been murdered and 3,500 wound-
Government credibility all over the
Center for Public Affairs)
to use the planes unlike any other air
ed in attacks committed by these for-
force,” said a source in the Air Force.
mer prisoners.
suspiciously low official figures on
Coronavirus victims. In Lebanon, The jets can operate undetected U.S. ARMY TO RECEIVE Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch,
Daily JFEDSRQ.org FIRST ISRAELI-MADE who until four years ago served as the
Whether you’re on your AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM IDF’s chief military prosecutor for
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Keep our event calendars in your bookmarks in December 2020 and February 2021 of the freed terrorists are out there in
bar for event information in a click. PRESENTS at the White Sands Missile Range in Gaza or the world, committing terror-
3 STEP THREE ISRAEL SERIES New Mexico to undergo an equipment ism, leading terrorist activity and up
to their necks in terrorism. The entire
fielding and training program, said
chain of command of Hamas in Gaza,
Brig.-Gen. Brian Gibson.
The rigorous testing of each sys-
of terrorists released in the Shalit
Weekly WITH KEN STEIN tem will end with a live-fire engage- and this is well known, is comprised
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