The Drive To Stop BDS Continues

Thursday, August 18 2016

UPDATES  9 am Israel time:

…Palestinian terror yesterday unreported in the mainstream media…

Palestinian infiltrators broke into the community of Anathoth last night causing panic and a lockdown. They eventually fled when confronted by the community security team.

It was a violent night, as usual, throughout eastern Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria. Terrorists attacked security forces in scores of locations such as Silwan, Silwad, Sira, Tura al Gharbia, Hizma, Migdalot, Hawara, Hebron Hills, and Budrus. Earlier in the day, burning tires, spikes, and fake bombs were placed all along Road 443.

…One other “security event”…

Israeli security forces were attacked at another location yesterday and that was at El Fawwar.

The occasion was the funeral of a terrorist whose body was just returned to the terrorist’s family by our foolhardy government. Rioters attacked Israelis with “rocks”, iron rods, and anything else they could find to throw.

There was nothing unusual about this; every terrorist funeral results in Israelis being wounded physically or traumatically.

Your humble servant mentions the El Fawwar funeral yesterday because the events there were followed by an extraordinary pronouncement by Attorney General Mandleblit:

“There is no security justification for not returning terrorists’ bodies immediately to their families.”

No security justification?

Unfortunately, our once high hopes for Mandleblit (after his reprehensible predecessor Yehuda Weinstein) are slowly being dashed as he gradually begins to try to dictate government policy on everything under the sun.

As the old saying goes, “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

…The mayor of Ma’ale Adumim paints a bleak picture…

In an interview with Israel’s Channel 7, Benny Kashriel described how in recent weeks, the city has been forced to close childrens’ parks, and 10 kindergartens.

Why?

Because the government will not permit construction for young families in the city–forcing them to move out. For example, a recent pledge by PM Netanyahu to build 650 new apartments there has now been effectively frozen by Netanyahu in bureaucratic red tape.

As Kashriel noted:

“It is impossible that our government will let a major city die, one in central Judea that protects the walls of Jerusalem. When I close kindergartens and school classes, it means that the city is dying. What do they want? . . . We have invested much here, and we have become a model for other cities. There is everything here in this city, so why not let us build and allow our children to build here?”

Why not let us build and allow our children to build?

That’s simple. The only thing stopping building is political correctness brought about by a Netanyahu government determined to kowtow to the U.S. and European Union.

TODAY’S BLOG:

“The Drive To Stop BDS Continues”

As has been often reported on here at israelstreet, a legislative movement to stop the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions organization has taken hold in the United States.

A few days ago, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law legislation that forbids the state from doing any business with any entity supporting BDS against Israel.

U.S. states (dark color) that have passed or are on the verge of passing anti-BDS legislation.

A number of other states are now considering similar legislation. Slowly but surely the map will eventually include almost all states.

Kudos go out to all of the hundreds of Israeli supporters in the U.S. that are bringing about these results!