Judea and Samaria
P.A. prime minister orders Palestinian local authorities to prepare long-term development plans without regard for the Oslo-mandated division of Judea and Samaria into Areas A, B and C.
Speaking to schoolchildren in Elkana, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises to “extend Jewish sovereignty to all the settlements, as part of the Land of Israel and as part of the State of Israel.”
Unable to attend his daughter’s funeral, Rabbi Eitan Shnerb addressed the ceremony by phone, saying, “We are trying to be strong here in the Land of Israel, the people of Israel; Rina believed in that.”
Attempted bombing comes just days after another IED claimed the life of Israeli teen Rina Shnerb • Israel arrests two for throwing a pipe bomb at police officers in eastern Jerusalem.
“We will deepen our roots and strike our enemies,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We will continue to strengthen and develop the settlements.”
Foreign aid, exports into Israel and 130,000 Palestinians drawing high salaries are among reasons for a booming Palestinian private sector.
Israeli-Palestinian business cooperation in Judea and Samaria “is just getting its legs,” says Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.), and “will become a very useful force in this country.”
“Another savage attack by Palestinian terrorists kills an Israeli teenager enjoying time with her family. This isn’t the path to peace, just endless suffering,” tweeted U.S. special envoy to the Mideast Jason Greenblatt.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said the attack is “proof of the vitality and bravery of the Palestinian people, and of the fact that it will not surrender to the crimes and terrorism of the occupation.”
The IDF called the attack “very serious,” and said that an improvised explosive device was used. The police determined that the bomb had been planted there earlier and was triggered remotely when the family approached it.
An 18-year-old Israeli fights for his life in a Jerusalem hospital after he and his sister, 20, were run down by a speeding car.
Israel Shin Bet security service said that Hamas is expending resources to recruit terrorists to carry out attacks in Judea and Samaria.
