Israel News for 8-1-18
Espionage Attack
According to top cyber security and counter espionage experts, Israel is under severe and constant attack from Iran, Russia and China. These attacks are a major risk to Israel’s security and political and economic stability. To read an in-depth eyeopening report on this click here.
Border Cop Wounded
A female Border Police officer was lightly wounded on Tuesday morning after a Molotov Cocktail was thrown at her in the Palestinian refugee camp of Dheisheh near Bethlehem. The officer, who sustained injuries to her hand during security operations in the area, received first aid treatment and was later evacuated to hospital. The attack took place after the outbreak of riots in the refugee camp during an arrest operation of a number of wanted suspects.
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Syrian Army Returns
The Syrian army and its allies routed ISIS affiliated rebels to retake the last remaining rebel held area in South-Western Syria, along the Israeli and Jordanian borders.
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Iranians Move Back
According to Alexander Lavrentyev, President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy to Syria, Iranian and Hezbollah forces have withdrawn from the area near the Israeli border. He said, “there are no units of heavy equipment and weapons that could pose a threat to Israel at a distance of 85 km from the line of demarcation”, although he admitted that Iranian advisors could be among Syrian army forces who remain closer to the Israeli border.
Israel has demanded that Iranian forces withdrew completely from Syria. According to an Israeli official, “First of all, all the long-range weapons must be removed from Syria; precise weapons production must be stopped; other strategic weapons, such as air defense, must be removed as well; the border crossings that allow the smuggling of these weapons must be closed, including on the Syrian-Lebanese border where weapons are smuggled into Lebanon, and the Iraqi-Syrian border through which weapons are smuggled from Iran into Syria itself.” Russia has warned that it is unrealistic to expect all Iranian forces to withdraw from Syria.
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Let Women Run
The Supreme Court has told the ultra-Orthodox UTJ party to allow women to run on its Knesset slate or the court will be forced to issue a legal ruling on the matter. The UTJ, which is made up of Agudat Yisrael (Hasidic) and Degel Hatorah (Litvish), do not permit women candidates because they feel it is inappropriate (immodest), although not strictly forbidden by Jewish law.
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