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Friday, September 2 2016
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…Palestinian terror unreported in the mainstream media…
From 7:55 am yesterday morning when Palestinian terrorists attacked the Pharmacy Checkpoint in Hevron with Molotov firebombs to 11:10 pm last night when motorists near Tekoa were assaulted by “rock” throwing terrorists, there were more than 25 reported incidents of terrorism in Judea, Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem.
Some of those incidents took place in Ofer, Azzun, Zeita, Rachel’s Tomb, Road 160, Asarkiya, and Gush Etzion.
…Speaking of Gush Etzion…
The Israeli Supreme Court went off the reservation again yesterday in ordering the demolition of 10 buildings in Gush Etzion. This is in addition to 7 other houses that are already on the chopping block.
As a sop to the homeowners, the Court in its infinite wisdom (just a joke) gave the owners 18 months to move out.
All of this was ordered in response to a petition by Peace Now that claimed that some of the buildings were built on private Palestinian land.
The irony of this situation, like so many others, is that there are an estimated 35,000 illegal Palestinian buildings in Area C that have been built on state land. Where is the Supreme Court? Why are actions rarely if ever taken against Palestinian illegal construction?
If one house is a built by a Jewish family on land whose ownership is in question, the world and the Israel Supreme Court goes crazy.
If thousands of residences are built by Palestinians on land which belongs to the state of Israel, the world says nothing.
TODAY’S BLOG:
Amos-6 went up in fireball yesterday during a static test 2 days prior to liftoff (photo NBC News).
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The impact of the destruction of the Israeli Amos-6* satellite on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral yesterday is difficult to gauge. The fiery explosion is being described as a “major blow to the Israeli communications satellite industry.”
It is so major, in fact, that it might be fatal.
Israel Space Agency Chairman Isaac Ben-Israel said: “As far as the Israeli communications satellite industry is concerned, this is a very severe blow which could place the future of the industry in doubt . . .”
Amos-6 had been slated to significantly expand the capabilities of Israel Aircraft Industries (read “military applications”) and Israel’s presence in space. Back in October 2015, Facebook and Eutelsat had agreed to pay $95 million to lease the Ka-band spot-beam broadband element on board to provide internet services to remote areas–especially Africa.
That was all gone in a flash yesterday.
It is estimated that it will take 3 years to replace, if it is replaced at all.
*Owned by a company named Space Communications, the Amos-6 was built by Israel Aerospace Industries; it was due to be carried into space on Falcon 9 rocket belonging to SpaceX. Space Communications was on the verge of being purchased by Beijing Xinwei Technology Group, but now that transaction is in doubt.
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.