4 Cheshvan 5776
Saturday, October 17 2015
UPDATES
10:00 pm
10:00 pm: Summary–there have been 5 stabbing attacks so far today. All five Israeli victims survived and are in varying conditions. All five Palestinian terrorists are dead.
9:00 pm
8:43 pm: Border Guard is stabbed at the Qalandiya checkpoint–condition unknown. Terrorist shot. No further information.
8:00 pm
7:45 pm: IDF soldier from the Givati Brigade stabbed in Hebron by Palestinian terrorist. Soldier lightly to moderately wounded with two stab wounds to the torso. Terrorist shot but not killed–in critical condition. This is the 4th stabbing attack today so far, and the third in Hebron.
4:20 pm: Massive fire in bus parking lot in Ramat Gan. More than 20 buses set ablaze. Residents report explosions. Cause of explosions/fire is unknown. Palestinian group claims responsibility.
2:00 pm
1:50 pm: One of the missiles fired from Gaza last night was just located in the Eshkol region.
12:40 pm: Two Palestinian terrorists breached the Gaza border fence and were captured.
12:25 pm: Israeli-Arab residents of Ramle arrested at Samaria checkpoint for attempt to smuggle a gun into the territory.
12:20 pm: Palestinians from Gaza currently rioting at the Erez Crossing.
12:15 pm
11:45 am: Another stabbing attack in Hebron. Female Border Guard attacked by Palestinian terrorist near the Cave of the Patriarchs. Border Guard “moderately” wounded; terrorist shot and killed.
10:30 am
10:19 am: Another stabbing attack in Jerusalem. Palestinian terrorist attempted to stab a Border Guard in the East Talpiot neighborhood. Border Guard unhurt; terrorist shot and killed.
10:05 am: Official confirmation that the Palestinian terrorist shot in the stabbing attack in Hebron this morning is dead.
9:00 am
***Bloody Palestinian terrorism shows no signs of decreasing . . .
Just after 8 am this morning, a Palestinian terrorist attempting to stab a Jew on his way to morning prayers in the Avraham Avinu neighborhood of Hebron was shot by the intended victim. It is being reported that Jew is “unharmed” and that the terrorist is in critical condition (we hope, of course, that the terrorist will die).
What follows is a short list of Palestinian terrorism during a 35 minute period (9:25-10:00 pm) yesterday evening. Please note that Palestinian terror undoubtedly continued throughout the night, but most news reporting from Judea, Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem comes from religiously observant sources which do not report during Shabbat:
10:00 pm: Hamas reported that a member of its military wing was killed during “clashes” on the Gaza border.
9:57 pm: Palestinian terrorists attacked an Israeli bus in Samaria with Molotov firebombs.
9:55 pm: Palestinian terrorists attacked an IDF jeep in Hebron Hills with Molotov firebombs.
9:37 pm: Palestinians attacked Israeli security personnel during riots in Awa, west of Hebron.
9:25 pm: Hamas reported that it fired two missiles out of Gaza into southern Israel. In Israel there were no alarms as the missiles hit “open areas.”
***First they incite terrorist attacks against Israelis . . . and then pretend that they are the “good guys” . . .
The PLO is reporting this morning that Hamas is planning a “major” attack in the coming days, and “quality” attacks in Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria.
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This news comes in the same report in which the PLO claims that it has thwarted 19 stabbing attacks in the last week.
As we all surely know, nothing that the PLO, or its Chairman Mahmoud Abbas says can be taken at face value.
***Do you remember the incident two weeks ago near Beit Furik in which an officer in the Givati Brigade pushed supposed “journalists” back to their jeep and destroyed their cameras? At the time, the officer said that the “journalists” posed a danger to his soldiers.
As reported on israelstreet, that officer was relieved of command and demoted in yet another incompetent and “politically correct” decision by the IDF General Command.
Following the incident yesterday near Hebron in which a Palestinian terrorist dressed as a press journalist stabbed an Israeli soldier (and was subsequently shot to death by other soldiers), a petition drive has begun to reinstate the officer. More than 4000 Israelis have already signed.
***Speaking of the “press journalist” terror incident yesterday . . .
The Palestinian terrorist–wearing a yellow “press” vest–stabbing the IDF soldier yesterday.
PM Netanyahu inexplicably ordered the body of the terrorist released last night. This decision flies in the face of an announced Netanyahu cabinet decision a few days ago to not return the bodies of terrorists.
It also reinforces the idea that nobody here in Israel has the slightest idea of who is in charge.
***Not only do Israelis not know who is in charge . . .
. . . but also Israelis are aghast at how the judicial system here is working against the people of this country.
In this regard, Israelis were shocked yesterday when the state prosecutor in the case involving the 3 Arabs who murdered Alexander Levlovitch announced that he would not seek murder convictions. Instead, outrageously, they will be tried for manslaughter. Levlovitch’s family held a press conference last night in which they excoriated the prosecutor for his absolute lack of competence.
And later last night, we were all shocked again when another prosecutor announced that the 13-year-old terrorist currently being pampered in an Israeli hospital after attempting to murder two Israelis will also not be charged with murder–and will likely be released to a detention facility or even house arrest.
TODAY’S BLOG:
Back to PM Netanyahu again . . .
Every Israeli that your humble servant talks to is also aghast this morning at the news that Netanyahu will soon be flying to Germany to talk with John Kerry.
This is the same John Kerry who in the last 72 hours has outrageously blamed Israel for engaging in “massive settlement”, for changing the status quo on the Temple Mount, and for using excessive force in dealing with the Palestinians.
It is also the same John Kerry who shrugged off the report yesterday that the Iranians have already broken the Democratic Iranian Nuclear Weapons Appeasement Agreement by developing ballistic missiles to carry nuclear warheads–and by continuing work on that nuclear program deep underground (Iranian TV two days ago showed a secret nuclear facility, heretofore unknown, buried deep under an Iranian mountain).
It is also the same John Kerry whose malicious lie during the war with Hamas last summer led directly to the deaths of 3 Israeli soldiers.
The simple fact is that John Kerry is a compulsive liar whose egregious lies continually endanger the lives of Israelis.
But even more than this, John Kerry continually endangers Israeli lives by continually demanding concessions from Israel in order to get Mahmoud Abbas to return to the so-called “negotiating table”.
Who knows what he will demand from Netanyahu in Germany? A release of more terrorist murderers? More relaxation of checkpoints? More Palestinian workers in Israel? More “humanitarian goods” into Gaza? More restrictions on Jews on the Temple Mount?
Isn’t it time for PM Netanyahu to show a little dignity?
Isn’t it time for PM Netanyahu to tell John Kerry where he can “stick it”?
Isn’t it time for PM Netanyahu to develop a spine and not be cravenly responsive to every Kerry beck and call?
Apparently not.
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.