Headlines June 28: Temple Mount Attacks, Rivlin & Ban Ki-Moon, Bibi & Kerry

On Tuesday morning, Arab rioters on the Temple Mount who presumably found no more Jews or police to attack up there, began throwing stones down at the Jews who were engaged in their morning prayer before the Western Wall. One woman, age 73, was injured lightly and was rushed to Hadassah Ein Karem hospital.
[The Jewish Press]

 

Likud MK Yehuda Glick criticizes barring of Temple Mount to Jews, calls on Islamic leaders to reign in violence.
[Arutz Sheva]
President Rivlin meets with UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-moon and they discuss regional issues including captive Israeli soldiers, terrorism, peace initiatives and normalization with Turkey.
[Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discuss defense issues and the peace process with the Palestinians • Netanyahu also meets with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
[Israel Hayom]

Shin Bet reveals five members of terrorist cell, three of them dentists, arrested over May 10 pipe bomb attack • Leader cites “desecration of Al-Aqsa mosque and harming Palestinian children” as motives • Suspects show interrogators 56 more explosives.
[Israel Hayom]

Headlines June 21: Terrorist Ambush on Highway, US & Israel Cyber Security Agreement, Turkey & Israel Deal

Three Wounded, 12 Vehicles Damaged in Terrorist Ambush on Rt. 443. Security forces were alerted and arrived on the scene in time to kill one of the terrorists and wound two, one critically.
[The Jewish Press]

 

Turkey and Israel will this weekend announce a deal on normalizing ties, ending a six-year diplomatic crisis sparked by a deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in which 10 Turkish nationals died
[Arutz Sheva]

 

The Foreign Ministry on Monday evening rejected the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council’s decision to adopt the French peace initiative.
[Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

 

A group of Muslim activists in Jerusalem, backed by the Palestinian Authority, have launched a new campaign to deter Muslims from selling property to Jews in the Israeli capital.
[Arutz Sheva]

 

The US and Israel will sign a new agreement to automate their sharing of cyber data. The new agreement will qualitatively take the speed of sharing to an entirely different level.
[The Jerusalem Post]

Imbecility Squared – Part 2

(Originally published on Arutz Sheva)

A comprehensive Israeli policy declaration accepting, in principle, the Arab Peace Initiative (API), with requisite adjustments to accommodate Israel’s security and demographic needs, as a basis for negotiation.

Key political measure in plan entitled “Security First”, proposed by “Commanders for Israel’s Security”, which claims to “Improve Israel’s Security and International Standing”.

The Arab Peace Initiative does not need changing or adjusting, it is on the table as is…Why should we change the Arab Peace Initiative? I believe that the argument the Arab Peace Initiative needs to be watered down in order to accommodate the Israelis is not the right approach. – Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Paris, June 3, 2016.

Last week I began a critical analysis of a plan put forward by a group calling itself “Commanders for Israel’s Security” (CIS) comprised of over 200 former senior officers/officials from the IDF and other security services.

To recap briefly:

I argued that the plan, which purports to offer a formula “to extricate Israel from the current dead end and to improve its security situation and international standing”, is a deeply flawed policy prescription, both in terms of the political principles on which it is based and the practical details which it presents.  As such, it is highly unlikely to achieve the objectives it sets itself. Indeed, it is far more likely to precipitate precisely the opposite outcomes, exacerbating the very dangers it claims it will attenuate.

To recap briefly, the major political components which comprise the plan call for Israel to:

(a)  Proclaim, unilaterally, that it forgoes any claim to sovereignty beyond the yet-to-be completed security barrier, which, in large measure, coincides with the pre-1967 “Green Line”, adjusted to include several major settlement blocks adjacent to those lines; but,

(b)   Leave the IDF deployed there—until some “acceptable alternative security arrangement” is found – presumably the emergence of a yet-to-be located pliant Palestinian-Arab, who will pledge to recognize Israel as the Jewish nation-state; and

(c)    Embrace the Saudi Peace Plan–a.k.a. Arab Peace Initiative (API), subject to certain—but significantly, unspecified—changes which the Arabs/Saudis recently resolutely refused to consider.

Learning lesson of Gaza; ignoring lesson of South Lebanon

CIS claims (pp.28-29) that it has learnt the lesson of the unilateral Gaza disengagement, when the IDF evacuated the territory, allowing the Islamist Hamas to take over. Accordingly, their plan “calls for the IDF to remain in the West Bank and retain complete security control until a permanent status agreement with the Palestinians ushers in alternative concrete, sustainable security arrangements.”

So while CIS may indeed have learnt the lesson of Gaza 2005, it seems to have forgotten the lesson of Lebanon 2000.

Indeed, as I underscored last week, the combination of the first two elements—the forswearing of claims to sovereignty over Judea-Samaria, on the one hand; and the continued deployment of the IDF in that territory, on the other—replicate precisely the same conditions that prevailed in South Lebanon until the hasty retreat by the IDF in 2000.  This unbecoming flight was orchestrated by then-PM, former IDF chief of staff and Israel’s most decorated soldier, Ehud Barak, under intense pressure from Left-leaning civil society groups such as “Four Mothers”, to extricate the IDF from the “Lebanese mud” and “bring our boys back home”.  Thus abandoned to the control of Hezbollah, the area was swiftly converted into a formidable arsenal, bristling with weaponry capable of hitting almost all major Israeli cities.

Unsustainable political configuration

Today, after the poorly conducted military campaign by the mighty IDF against a lightly armed militia, left defiantly undefeated after five weeks of fighting, this arsenal has reportedly swelled almost ten-fold in quantity and improved immensely in terms of quality/precision.  Indeed, were not Hezbollah mercifully distracted by the need to support its erstwhile benefactor, the beleaguered Bashar Assad, it is far from implausible that this terrible stockpile would have already been unleashed against Israel.

For anyone with a modicum of foresight, it should be clear that CIS’s prescription of deploying the IDF for an indeterminate period in territory over which it lays no sovereign claim—and hence, by implication, acknowledges that others have such claims to it—creates an unsustainable political configuration, which sooner or later will generate irresistible pressure on Israel to evacuate it—leaving the country exposed to the very dangers the IDF deployment was intended to obviate.

Indeed, as pointed out last week, if implemented, CIS’s proposal would, in a stroke, convert Judea-Samaria from “disputed territory” to “occupied territory” and IDF from a “defense force” to an “occupying force”. Worse, it would do so by explicit admission from Israel itself.

Formula for open-ended occupation

Moreover, by conditioning the end of IDF deployment on the emergence of “a permanent status agreement with the Palestinians [which] ushers in alternative concrete, sustainable security arrangements”, what CIS is in fact promoting is a formula for open-ended occupation, whose duration is totally dependent on the Palestinian-Arabs.

After all, according to CIS’s plan “the IDF [is] to remain in the West Bank and retain complete security control”, until some suitable Palestinian  interlocutor appears, sufficiently pliant to satisfy Israel’s demands for said “permanent status agreement and concrete sustainable security arrangements”, but sufficiently robust to resist more radical domestic rivals, who oppose any such agreement/arrangements.

And what if such an interlocutor fails to emerge? Clearly, CIS’s plan prescribes persisting with the Israeli military presence in the territory because, as CIS itself concedes: “The situation on the West Bank require …continued deployment of the IDF until satisfactory security arrangements are put into place within the framework of a permanent status agreement”.

Therefore all the Palestinian-Arabs need to do to ensnare the IDF in what will inevitably become the “West Bank mud”, an easy target for guerilla attacks by a recalcitrant population backed by armed Palestinian internal security services, is…well, nothing.  All they need to do is wait until mounting IDF casualties in a “foreign land” create increasing domestic pressure to “bring our boys back home”, and mounting international  impatience with open-ended “occupation” create growing external pressure, which make continued IDF deployment no longer tenable—and withdrawal becomes inevitable, without any “permanent settlement” or “concrete sustainable security arrangements”.

Renege or replace?

But even in the unlikely event that some Palestinian partner could be located, who agrees, in good faith, to conclude a permanent status agreement and implement acceptable security arrangements that allows the IDF to evacuate Judea-Samaria, how could Israel ensure this agreement will be honored and these arrangements maintained over time? Clearly it could not!

Once the IDF withdraws, Israel has no way of preventing its Palestinian co-signatories to any accord from reneging on their commitments—whether of their own volition, due to a change of heart, or under duress from extremist adversaries. Even more to the point, barring intimate involvement in intra-Palestinian politics, Israel has no way to ensure that their pliant peace-partner will not be replaced—whether by bullet or ballot—by far more inimical successors, probably  generously supported by foreign regimes, who repudiate their predecessors pledges. Indeed, it is more than likely that it would be precisely the “perfidious” deal struck with the “nefarious Zionist entity” that would be invoked as justification for the regime-change.

But whichever of these outcomes emerges in practice, Israel is likely to be confronted with a situation where it no longer has security control in Judea-Samaria and a hostile regime perched on the hills overlooking the runways of Ben-Gurion airport, adjacent to the trans-Israel highway, and within mortar range of the nation’s capital.

It would be intriguing, indeed, to learn how CIS members, given theircumulative 6,000 years of experience in Israel’s various security agencies, see this situation as one that would  achieve their plan’s principle goal: “to enhance personal and national security.”

Resisting attrition; not repulsing invasion

To be fair, CIS do assure us that: The IDF [as] by far the most potent military force in the region… can provide effective security and address all challenges within … any future borderline as agreed-to by our government and endorsed by our people…”

But of course, the question is not only whether the IDF can secure the borders, but at what cost in terms of both resources and casualties (both military and civilian).

It is of course true that, for over four decades, Israel has not faced a tangible threat of large-scale invasion by conventional Arab forces. However, today, with the changing pattern of Arab enmity, the major challenge to Israel’s existence as the Jewish nation-state is no longer repulsing invasion, but resisting attrition.

The Arab stratagem is no longer the cataclysmic annihilation of the Jewish state, but the ongoing erosion of Jewish will to maintain the Jewish state, by making Jewish life in it unbearable – both physically and psychologically.

Attrition vs Invasion (cont.)

Of course, the looming specter of a nuclear Iran may, on the one hand, reinstate the cataclysmic approach; on the other, it may “merely” provide a protective umbrella under which attrition can continue with greater intensity – and impunity.

Indeed, one of the most explicit expressions of this attrition-oriented intent came from Yasser Arafat in Stockholm, in an address to Arab diplomats, barely a year after being awarded the Noble Peace Prize: “The PLO will now concentrate on splitting Israel psychologically into two camps…We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare… I have no use for Jews. They are and remain Jews…”  This overt admission of malice, echoed repeatedly elsewhere by other Palestinian-Arab spokespersons, should have removed any doubt as to what lay ahead.

Now, imagine if after forgoing sovereignty beyond the security barrier as per  CIS’s prescription, the IDF pulled out of Judea-Samaria –whether pursuant to some accord or a combination of domestic pressure and international chagrin. Imagine, if in the absence of any agreement or despite prior agreements, this territory falls—as it almost inevitably will—to the control of some radical regime with no commitment to any understandings—implicit or explicit—with the “Zionist entity” Imagine how much more ominous and onerous that attrition would be along the almost 800 km frontier, abutting Israel’s heavily populated coastal plain  and from the heights commanding its urban and commercial centers.

Capitulation masquerading as “initiative”

No less disturbing is CIS’s embrace of what is perversely called the “Arab Peace Initiative” (API), which prescribes: (a) Complete withdrawal to the pre-1967 lines including the Golan Heights (b) a “just solution” to the problem of Palestinian refugees, a clear allusion to the “Right of Return”; (c) the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state on “the Palestinian territories occupied since 4 June 1967 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital”.

Alarmingly, on its website, CIS declares: “We believe that the government of Israel can and should formulate a regional initiative based on an appropriate response to the positive potential encapsulated in the Arab Peace Initiative.”

Sadly, the growing acceptance of the API does not, as CIS would have it, reflect faith in military strength but rather psychological weakness. It is not a sign of confidence but a symptom of resignation, even desperation. Indeed, its acceptance is driven by the fact that the API is the only thing that the Arabs do not reject. Thus, to reject the API is to admit the unpalatable truth that there exists no path to a mutually agreed resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Indeed, for all intents and purposes, the API is a document of capitulation. It reflects acquiescence to virtually all Arab demands that successive governments, over a decade and a half, have rejected as unacceptably hazardous. It forgoes virtually all the gains of the 1967 Six Day War, and imperils some of those of the 1948 War of Independence. Willingness to agree to it, even as a basis for negotiations, is a clear signal that every Israeli “No,” however emphatic initially, is in effect a “Maybe” and a potential “Yes” in the future.

Reservations rejected.

Apparently aware that, as currently formulated, the API is too pernicious to be approved by the Israeli public, CIS tries to preempt criticisms of its acceptance of the so called “peace initiative” by adding a proviso that it should be adjusted “to accommodate Israel’s security and demographic needs, as a basis for negotiation”.

But suggestions that “adjustments” might be made were rapidly and resolutely rejected by both the Saudis, who authored the initiative and theArab League, who endorsed it. And why wouldn’t they? For as CIS’s proposal clearly shows, continued Arab intransigence is sure to engender further Israeli compliance …

To be continued.

The Silent Intifada Weekly Report [May 20, 2016]

There were over 150 terror attacks this past week in Israel which injured 5 Jews as a result.

This week as almost every week there were dozens of terror attacks of varying severity not reported in most major media outlets. We report on these silenced events to present a fuller picture of the reality in Israel and balance the picture presented to innocent readers abroad. We hope that by reporting these incidents we can raise awareness so that actions can be taken to rectify this problem and improve reality in the Jewish State.

This week (May 13th- May 19th) there were 151 terror attacks recorded in the ‘Silent Intifada’ updates on Hakol Hayehudi. Among these were shootings, use of explosives, and throwing of firebombs and stones at individuals, vehicles and homes. Six Jews were injured as a result of these attacks.

Two civilians were injured from stone throwing near Baal Hatzor in Binyamin and in Pisgat Zeev in Jerusalem. Four members of security forces were injured during various Arab riots in A-Tur, Issawiya, and Al-Arub.

Two shootings, in which Arabs shot at security forces, took place this past week. On Sunday night May 15th, Arabs shot at IDF forces in Kabatia and on the morning of Tuesday May 17th Arabs shot at IDF forces in Qalandiya. Similarly, on Wednesday night May 19th, Arabs shot from the village of Kalil towards the town of Har Bracha in the Shomron.

There were two attempted stabbings this week. On Shabbat May 14th an Arab was arrested on his way to commit an attack near Mishor Adumim. Intelligence information had indicated his intentions and a knife was found on his person. On Thursday May 19th, a border police officer noticed an Arab acting suspiciously near a bus in Shuafat. The officer followed the suspect onto the bus and found a knife during a search. The suspect admitted to planning to stab police officers near Jaffa Gate.

On Sunday night May 15th, Arabs from Gaza fired rockets at towns in the South, but the rockets landed in the Gaza Strip. On Wednesday May 18th there was a siren alert in Eshkol at night. Residents reported hearing an explosion, but the IDF spokesman claimed the alert was an error.

Arabs also set fires in several locations, which was particularly dangerous due to the dry weather conditions early in the week. Fires were set near Hebrew University on Mount Scopus, near an IDF post in Har Bracha, in Pisgat Zeev, in Kiryat Arba, and in several other locations.

Additional attacks included throwing of stones and firebombs at vehicles, riots against security forces, throwing of explosives at Rachel’s Tomb and other attacks.

Full list of attacks:

Thursday May 19th

  • Arabs throw stones in Haras.
  • Arabs throw stones in Umm Tzaffa.
  • Arabs throw stones in Ras Al Amud.
  • Arabs throw an explosive device at Rachel’s Tomb.
  • Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Beit Umar in Gush Etzion.
  • Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Al-Fawr in Har Hevron.
  • Arabs throw stones near Beit El in Binyamin.
  • Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Shilo in Binyamin.
  • Arabs riot in Zeita in the Shomron.
  • A soldier is injured lightly from stones thrown by Arabs during rioting in Al-Arub in Gush Etzion.
  • Arabs throw stones at the Yavrud spring.
  • Arabs throw stones in Atarot.
  • Arabs throw stones in Bitunia.
  • Arabs throw stones near Tekoa.
  • Arabs throw stones in Malach.

21:24- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Ateret.

20:42- Arabs throw stones at vehicles between Yakir and Revava in the Shomron.

20:14- Arabs throw stones at vehicles in Wadi Hermiya.

20:13- Arabs throw stones at IDF forces in the Hursa Triangle in Har Hevron.

18:50- Attempted stabbing: An Arab on the way to carry out an attack in the Old City of Jerusalem is arrested.

15:39- Arabs riot in Silwan in Jerusalem.

15:37- Arabs riot in Aida.

13:40- Arabs throw stones near Beit Umar in Gush Etzion.

13:22- Arabs throw stones near Okafim Junction in Har Hevron.

12:17- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Al-Fawr Junction.

7:57- Arabs throw stones at soldiers in Hevron.

Wednesday May 18th

  • Arabs throw stones in Hermela.
  • Arabs throw stones in Ras Al amud.
  • Shooting: Arabs fire shots from the town of Kalil into Har Bracha. A vehicle is damaged with bulletholes.
  • Arabs throw stones near Tekoa.
  • Arabs throw firebombs near Rachel’s Tomb.
  • Arabs throw stones in Shuafat.
  • Arabs throw stones in Beit Jala.
  • Arabs throw firebombs in Sheikh Saad.
  • Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Hizme in Binyamin.
  • Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Al-Hadr in Gush Etzion.
  • Arabs throw stones at police officers in Shuafat in Jerusalem.
  • Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Tekoa in Gush Etzion.
  • Arabs riot in Ras Al Amud in Jerusalem.
  • Arabs throw stones at police officers in Silwan.
  • Arabs throw firebombs at police in Issawiya in Jerusalem.
  • Arabs throw firebombs at vehicles near Kochav Yaakov.
  • Arabs throw stones in Hevron.
  • Arabs throw stones in Al-Arub.
  • Arabs throw stones in Al-Fawr.
  • Arabs throw stones in Beit Umar.
  • Arabs throw stones near Rachel’s Tomb.
  • Arabs throw stones in Al-Hadr.
  • Arabs throw stones in Bitunia.
  • Arabs throw stones in Luben A-Sharkiya.

20:28- A rider is injured lightly from stone throwing by Arabs at a bus on Uzi Narkiss St. in Jerusalem.

18:12- Arabs throw stones on the Zawiya Bridge.

16:54-  Arabs from Tayibe throw stones near Paron.

Tuesday May 17th

  • Arabs throw firebombs at the fence of Atil.
  • Arabs throw stones near Al-Hadr.
  • Arabs throw stones near Al-Arub.
  • Arabs throw stones in Nachal Kfira.
  • Arabs throw stones in Al-Ram.
  • A Jewish youth is attacked by Arabs in Hevron at the Jilbar Junction.
  • Arabs throw stones in Ras Al Amud.
  • Arabs throw stones at Hasno Junction in Har Hevron.
  • Arabs throw stones at the 160 Turn in Hevron.

21:17- Two border police officers are injured from stones thrown by Arabs in Issawiya.

20:17- Arabs throw stones at vehicles on Route 443.

16:54- Arabs set a fire near the fence of Kiryat Arba

16:53- Arabs set a fire near the fence of Karmei Tzur.

15:16- Arabs set a fire near an IDF post in Har Bracha in the Shomron.

10:45- Shooting: Arabs shoot at a IDF post in Qalandiya.

10:09- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Tekoa causing damage.

9:25- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Al-Hadr causing damage.

8:12- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near the Pharmacy Junction in Hevron.

8:09- Arabs throw stones at vehicles on the Husan Bypass Road near Al-Hadr.

Monday May 16th

  • Arabs riot and attack IDF forces in Al-Bira.
  • Arabs riot in Husan.
  • Arabs riot in Beit Umar.
  • Arabs riot in Rentis in Binyamin.
  • Arabs throw firebombs at an IDF post in Anatot in Binyamin.
  • Arabs throw stones at vehicles in Hawara in the Shomron.
  • Arabs throw stones at the security fence of Pesagot.
  • Arabs set fires near the security fence of Kiryat Arba.
  • Arabs throw stones at vehicles at Hasno Junction in Har Hevron.   

23:50- Arabs throw stones at a bus near Shilo Junction.

23:10- Arabs throw stones at a bus near Givat Assaf in Binyamin causing damage.

23:07- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Ofra.

19:13- ARabs set a fire near Machine Ofrit close to Issawiya.

17:43- Arabs throw an explosive at the Compound of Rachel’s Tomb.

14:42- Arabs riot in Aida near Bethlehem.

8:13- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Har Gilo causing damage.

1:19- Arabs throw stones at a bus near Beit Umar causing damage.

00:13- Rocket fire: Arabs from Gaza fire two rockets, both of which land inside the Strip.

Sunday May 15th

  • Arabs riot and attack IDF forces in Shechem.
  • Arabs riot in Abu Dis.
  • Shooting: Arabs shoot at IDF forces in Kabatia.
  • Arabs throw stones at IDF forces in Silwad in Binyamin.
  • Arabs throw stones at Rachel’s Tomb.
  • Arabs throw stones at pedestrians near the Lion’s Gate in Jerusalem.
  • Arabs riot in Bitunia in Binyamin.
  • Arabs throw stones in Bitunia.
  • Arabs throw stones near Beit El.
  • Arabs throw stones at Hasno Junction in Har Hevron.
  • Arabs throw stones in Burin.
  • Arabs throw stones in Beit Umar.
  • Hundreds of Arabs riot near Rachel’s Tomb.

22:22- An Arab is caught at the entrance to Beitar Illit with a knife.

21:17- Arabs throw stones at vehicles on the Halhul Bridge in Har Hevron.

21:14- Arabs attack a Jew who entered the village of Azariya near Jerusalem.

21:11- A police officer is injured from stone throwing by Arabs in A-Tur in Jerusalem.

20:52- Arabs throw stones at vehicles in Har Hevron.

18:23- Arabs set a fire near Bostar Negohot in Har Hevron.

18:01- Around 200 Arabs riot and throw stones at IDF forces near Al-Fawr in Har Hevron.

16:40- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Elias Junction in Har Hevron.

16:28- A major fire breaks out near Pisgat Zeev in Jerusalem as a result of a firebomb thrown by Arabs.

15:20- Arabs throw stones at a bus in Maale Zeitim causing damage.

9:48- A Jew is injured lightly after his car is stoned by Arabs near Baal Hatzor in Binyamin.

9:45- Arabs throw stones at the Beitot Junction.

9:40- Arabs throw stones near Al-Hadr.

Shabbat May 14th

  • Arabs throw stones in Dir-Astia.
  • Arabs throw stones in Al-Ram.
  • Arabs throw firebombs in Issawiya.
  • Arabs throw stones in Shuafat.
  • Arabs throw stones on Route 443.
  • Arabs throw stones in Issawiya.
  • Arabs throw stones in Hizme.
  • Arabs throw stones in Silwan.
  • Arabs throw stones in Abu Dis.
  • Arabs throw stones near the Tomb of the Patriarchs.
  • Arabs throw firebombs in Abu Tor.

23:35- Arabs throw stones near Revava.

22:15- Arabs throw firebombs at vehicles near Ramot.

21:30- Arabs throw firebombs towards the Hebrew University Campus on Mount Scopus causing a fire.

12:00- Attempted attack: An Arab is caught on the way to carry out a terror attack with a stolen police uniform.

10:04- Arabs throw stones in Al-Fawr.

Friday May 13th

  • Arabs throw explosive devices in Abu Dis.
  • Arabs throw firebombs in Kalkilya.
  • Arabs throw firebombs near Beit El.
  • Arabs throw firebombs in Abu Dis.
  • Arabs throw firebombs in Bitunia.
  • Arabs throw stones in Wadi Jozi.
  • Arabs throw stones in Silwad.
  • Arabs throw stones in Al-Hadr.
  • Arabs throw stones in Badu.
  • Arabs throw stones in Bitunia.
  • Arabs throw stones in Bilin.
  • Arabs throw stones in Ramallah.
  • Arabs throw stones at vehicles in Tekoa.
  • Arabs throw stones in Abu Tor.

18:17- Arabs throw firebombs at the fence of Tel Zion. They also set a fire nearby.

17:47- Arabs riot near Beni Naim.

17:23- Arabs place a burning tire near the gate to Beit El.

17:09- Arabs riot in Kadum.

17:07- Arabs throw firebombs on the Modeh Road.

Headlines: 16 Terrorists Arrested, Woman and Children Saved From Palestinian

Israeli Border Guard police and IDF security forces captured 16 wanted fugitives, including 2 senior Hamas officials, overnight in various locations across Judea and Samaria.
[The Jewish Press]

 

Israeli woman and her three children brought home after being stuck with abusive Palestinian for 15 years.
[Arutz Sheva]

 

President Abbas welcomes Sissi’s support for the French peace initiative; a senior Palestinian official doubts that an Israeli unity government would make a difference on the diplomatic front.
[Haaretz]

 

A delegation of 130 businessmen, researchers, and government officials from Ontario, Canada is visiting Israel. Representatives from the delegation are expected to sign new agreements worth $87 million for developing joint technological ventures.
[Globes]

 

Israel will continue to use precision strike and intelligence capabilities to damage the build-up of force among its enemies, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon vowed on Tuesday.
[The Jerusalem Post]