Yom Shleshee, Tuesday
20 Shevat 5781
February 2, 2020
The News on the Israeli Street
The daily Palestinian terror update . . .
Palestinian terrorists attacked Israeli motorists with Molotovs and “rocks” at Hawara, Tapuach, Ariel, south of Givat Assaf, on Road 446 near Deir Kadis, just outside of Karnei Shomron, at Luban a-Sharqiya near Ramallah, near the Halhul Bridge, and at varioius locations in Gush Etzion.
Palestinian terrorists wounded a 15-year-old Jewish worshiper at the tomb of Yehoshua Benon in Kifel Hares. Struck in the head by “rocks”, the young man is now hospitalized in Beilinson Medical Center in Petah Tikva in “serious” condition.
Palestinian terrorists wounded a policeman in the arm and legs during at attack in eastern Jerusalem.
The daily Corona (Covid-19) update . . .
Please note that these numbers encompass from 8 pm yesterday until 8 pm today (Tuesday):
656,016 Israelis have been confirmed with the virus since the pandemic began last March.
There are 8,779 newly confirmed cases.
1,143 are in critical condition—a decrease of 6
326 of the most critically ill are on ventilators—an increase of 5
4,863 have died–an increase of 55
There are currently 71,331 active Corona cases in Israel.
3.2 million have now been vaccinated.
Jockeying for position . . .
It is now 52 days until the Israeli election on March 26.
The Israeli media is consumed with blather about which parties are going to merge, who is going to join what party, who is going to retire from political life, and on and on.
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It would appear that most of the jockeying is going on, as usual, on the right side of the political spectrum with Jewish Home, National Union, and Yamina all trying to decide if they want to merge or not.
Also as usual, the ultra-orthodox parties, particularly United Torah Judaism are trying to deal with internal rifts which threaten to diminish their clout.
Interestingly but not surprisingly given that polls showed them with no popularity, Tzipi Livni and Moshe “Boogie” Ya’alon both announced yesterday that they will not run this time around.
A rash of jackals . . .
And we’re not talking about political ones.
In the last two weeks, 9 people in the Nahariya area have been bitten by jackals.
Apparently infected with rabies, the jackals have entered homes, offices, and business parks and aggressively bitten people.
Check out the following short videos of a jackal attack in a tire and vehicle cleaning shop, and in a factory yard:
Click here for a video of the “tire store” jackal attack
Click here for a video of “factory yard” jackal attack
TODAY’S BLOG:
What’s Missing On The Map Of Israel?
We have often noted here at OneIsrael that textbooks used by the PLO always refer to all of Israel as “Palestine.”
Today, your humble servant asks you to consider the following page from a textbook approved by the Israel Education Ministry for use in Israeli schools:
What’s missing on the page entitled “Map of Israel”? (Note the page on the other side is slightly visible.)
What’s missing are the Golan Heights as well as Judea and Samaria.
It’s bad enough that we have to fight BDS that wants to delegitimize Israel and our sovereignty over the Golan, Judea, and Samaria, but now we also have to fight the leftists in our own Education Ministry who approved a book with this map in it.
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.