Judea and Samaria
“We have a $38 billion commitment over 10 years for military aid to Israel,” said Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), who is the chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. “The Israelis need it for defense.”
The plan, which includes a $283 million expansion of the road connecting Jerusalem and Gush Etzion, aims to “end the current isolation of Judea and Samaria ... so that the area is just like any other region in Israel,” according to Israel’s Transportation Ministry.
Efforts to replicate the rocket threat in the Gaza Strip have been nipped in the bud due to Israel’s intelligence network and nightly counter-terrorism raids.
“We need to have the visibility to know whether U.S. funds are being used in a way that’s actually not compatible with U.S. policy, and U.S. policy should not be promoting this kind of settlement construction,” said Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind.
The convert, whose grandfather reportedly saved Jews during the 1929 Hebron massacre, is “like my son, and I will shake up the world for somebody to come and save him,” says Hebron Jewish community leader Haim Perg.
Democratic presidential candidate says she’d consider cutting Israel aid to counter Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s settlement policy, which she says is endangering the two-state solution.
“I absolutely condemn any attack on IDF soldiers,” says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after an Israeli soldier is lightly injured during clashes with residents of Yitzhar in Samaria.
“Having seen the experience of the evacuation of Gaza, I don’t believe that there is a realistic plan that can be implemented that would require anyone—Jew or Arab—to be forced to leave their home,” said U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
Immediately after the attack, local Arabs began throwing firebombs and other objects at Israel Defense Forces, which responded with riot-control measures.
Motivated by what they saw firsthand in Israel this summer, members of a congressional delegation intend to encourage joint business models for Israelis and Palestinians as part of any peace plan.
Two Israeli military jeeps crash into each other during clashes near Hebron; IED found near Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus; two rioters reportedly injured by rubber bullets.
Israel’s national electric company says it has begun reducing power supplies to Palestinian areas in Judea and Samaria due a financial dispute with the Palestinians’ main power distributor.
