Battleground Israel

Two Israelis Stabbed In Hebron, Attacker Killed: Army

JERUSALEM (AFP) – Two Israelis were stabbed in Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, with one of them seriously wounded, and the Palestinian attacker was shot dead, the Israeli police and army said. An initial statement from the military said

Israeli security guards (Reuters)

WATCH: Israel Tests Missile To Defend Against Airborne Attacks

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military says it has successfully tested an advanced surface-to-air missile that analysts believe could play a key role in securing the country’s offshore gas fields. A military official said Thursday the Barak 8 (example pictured) was

arms deal

Two Time Loser: Obama’s Campaign Advisor Fails to Turn Texas and Israel Blue

AUSTIN, Texas – The former campaign advisor to President Barack Obama who was sent to Israel to defeat Netanyahu, failed as miserably with his “Battleground Israel” efforts as he did with Battleground Texas. Jeremy Bird led efforts by Democrats and the White House to have their own candidate elected, but that candidate lost in a landslide election. Battleground Texas candidates were just as soundly trounced in Texas in 2014. Breitbart News reported that Bird was sent to Israel by the Obama campaign team to try to unseat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and they did so through an organization that receives taxpayer grants from the U.S. Department of State.

Jeremy Bird