Judea and Samaria
“Perhaps one can say they are ‘despicable thugs.’ This is the bitter truth, even if [people] don’t like to hear it,” says Israel’s Deputy Economy Minister Yair Golan.
Pini Badash, the head of Omer Regional Council—a mainly Jewish community just outside of Beersheva—stressed that the area was facing difficult times as a result of a lack of governance.
The legislation allows more than 130,000 Arab Israelis living in illegally built homes to be hooked up to the national grid • Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu calls enactment of the law a “black day for Zionism and democracy.”
Muntasir Shalabi was also ordered by the court to pay $323,000 in compensation to Guetta’s family. Attorney Chayim Bleicher called for Shalabi’s clan to be exiled.
Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip came down in the sea off the Gush Dan coast • Suspect arrested in connection with attempted stabbing near Ariel.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas blamed Israeli policies for the possible explosion of violence.
Several structures, including the yeshivah, were demolished several hours after a memorial service for terror victim Yehuda Dimantman.
The assailant opened fire on Israeli forces that had entered Al-Bireh to locate suspicious individuals seen approaching nearby Psagot, says the military.
Col. (res.) David Hacham tells JNS that Israel “must not agree to the double game” in which Hamas continually seeks to orchestrate terrorism beyond the Strip and into the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem.
Palestinian political analysts believe that among its other goals, the deal struck by the terror groups aims to undermine the Palestinian Authority.
Rioters in Silat al-Harithiya also threw stones and explosive devices at the Israeli forces during the operation, the aim of which was to determine whether the homes could be demolished, according to the IDF.
“Our thoughts are with the victims of this attack and their families,” tweets State Department Spokesman Ned Price.
