Israel News for 6-21-17
Terror Stabbing
A Palestinian terrorist attempted to stab soldiers on patrol in the West Bank yesterday. He was shot and critically wounded by the soldiers. No soldiers were injured. The terrorist succumbed to his wounds afterwards.
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Shiva Visit
US envoy Jason Greenblatt paid a shiva visit on Sunday night to the family of Hadas Malka, the female Border Police officer killed in a terror attack last Friday. In a statement following the visit he said, “Incidents such as this underscore why it is vital to realize President Trump’s vision of a Middle East free from threats of terrorism and extremism.”
Greenblatt visited the Kotel on Monday morning and also met with PM Netanyahu and then with Palestinian officials on Tuesday.
Jared Kushner is expected to arrive in Israel today.
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Haley vs Hamas
Yesterday, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley urged the Security Council to condemn Hamas. She said, “The Security Council must unite to say that enough is enough. We need to pressure Hamas to end its tyranny over the people of Gaza. We should condemn Hamas in this Council’s resolutions and statements. We should name Hamas as the group responsible when rockets are fired from Gaza, or when fresh tunnels are discovered. And we should designate Hamas as a terrorist organization in a resolution, with consequences for anyone who continues to support it.”
She added, “We must do much more to show Hamas that we will never tolerate terrorism. We must show that when Hamas uses homes and schools to hide its terrorist infrastructure, there will be consequences. Those who give Hamas the arms, money, and political support to operate must cease. And if they do not, Member States of this United Nations need to come together to put real pressure on supporters of Hamas to stop.”
“Every ounce of what we do should be against Hamas. They are a dangerous actor who has no care for the Palestinians, no care for the Israelis, and they are determined to destroy everything in their path. So once again, we are having this session, and once again, we will hear speeches on whether you’re for Israel, against Israel, for Palestinians, against Palestinians. But I would ask you to please address the real threat that is causing so many people harm, and that’s the threat of Hamas.”
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Not So Fast
We recently reported that Egypt had agreed to transfer two islands at the mouth of the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia. Yesterday, an Egyptian court struck down the agreement, labeling it as unconstitutional. Can that happen in Egypt?
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Shabbat Work
The Haredi parties of Shas and UTJ threatened PM Netanyahu that they would leave the government if work on the Israel Railways infrastructure continues to take place on Shabbat. They urged the PM to put a stop to the work and to efforts by local government to pass regulations to circumvent Shabbat work laws.
The parties published a statement after the meeting saying, “We demand that the prime minister abide by the coalition agreement, return to the status quo as it was, immediately stop the unnecessary infrastructural work on the train, both regarding the additional lines on Shabbat and the lack of enforcement of pirate companies operating public transportation on Shabbat.”
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Raw Deal
The movie Wonder Woman has so far brought it over $500 million dollars in just its first two weeks. But Israeli actress Gal Gadot reportedly was only paid $300,000 for her starring role. In fact, she signed a three movie deal at $300,000 per movie. Oh well, there’s always number four.
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