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Terrorism threatens both Israeli and Palestinian civilians. The coming weeks will see whether Israel and the Palestinian Authority will be able to contain an escalating situation and roll back the violence, or whether the region will slide into a new and dangerous phase.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley praised the 87 nations that voted for the resolution as a sign of “a new day at the U.N.”
The Senate unanimously passed its version in October. The bill now goes to the president to sign it into law.
The bill mandates that the president impose sanctions on any entity that “knowingly and materially supports, orders, controls, directs or otherwise engages in” the exercise of human shields by the terrorist organizations Hezbollah and Hamas.
Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro ran as an anti-establishment candidate who would blaze a new path, including on foreign policy.
In remarks just before what is one of her final acts as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told her fellow members that the resolution could mark “a historic day” or just “another day.”
Hamas representative in Lebanon Ali Baraka: “Our missiles can strike anywhere in Israel; Iranian support Is the basis of our steadfastness.”
Were it adopted, it would mark the first time that the General Assembly condemns Hamas.
A recently revealed document concerned with religious doctrine penned by an eminent ISIS cleric provides further evidence that the military wing of Hamas has provided significant aid to the ISIS branch in Sinai, Sinai Province.
The bill mandates the U.S. president to impose sanctions on any foreign state government agency that “knowingly and materially supports, orders, controls, directs or otherwise engages in” the exercise of human shields.
In new tactic, Hamas leaders in Gaza take advantage of Israeli gesture of allowing Palestinians into Israel for medical treatment to stage attacks in Israel, says Shin Bet security agency says.
Israeli soldiers from the Maglan, Egoz and Duvdevan commando units took part in a major drill last week and will continue this week to prepare for possible simultaneous warfare in the south and north.
