Yom Shnee, Tuesday
4 Adar 5781
February 16, 2020
The “My How Times Have Changed” Quote of the Day
“We are outraged by the rocket attack. I contacted the Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan-Iraq, Masoud Barzani, to ensure the necessary support any investigation of the incident and prosecute those responsible.”
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinkin ludicrously referring to the Iranian proxy missile attack on the Erbil AFB in Iraq during which 14 missiles were fired at the base killing one U.S. airman, 1 U.S. contractor and wounding 5 more.
Prosecute those responsible?
What do you think is the likelihood dear reader of capturing the terrorists who fired the missiles and then prosecuting them?
Your humble servant imagines the likelihood is less than zero.
Can you imagine former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo making such a statement?
If Pompeo and Trump were still around, there would an immediate attack on the perpetrators.
The News on the Israeli Street
The daily Corona (Covid-19) update . . .
Please note that these numbers encompass from 8 pm yesterday until 8 pm today (Tuesday):
732,040 Israelis have been confirmed with the virus since the pandemic began last March.
There are 4,555 newly confirmed cases.
962 are in critical condition—a decrease of 28
301 of the most critically ill are on ventilators—an increase of 17
5,423 have died–an increase of 20
There are currently 55,180 active Corona cases in Israel.
An estimated 4 million have now received at least one dose of vaccine.
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Other Corona news . . .
According to the Health Ministry, there are still more than 570,000 Israelis 50 years of age and older who have not been vaccinated–and not because of a lack of vaccine.
According to the Director of Corona Internal Medicine at Soroka Hospital in Beersheva: “The significant increase in young patients hospitalized in the ward is very disturbing. If about ten days ago most of the patients were aged 60-70, today most of our patients are young patients. I’m troubled by the thought that we may soon see deaths of unvaccinated young people.”
Surprisingly good economic news . . .
Statistics released today by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics reveal:
*The 4th quarter of last year showed a 6.3% increase in GDP over the 3rd quarter. Still compared to the 4th quarter of 2019, there was a slight decrease of 0.4%.
*During the 4th quarter, there were “large increases in public consumption expenditure (9.1%) and exports of goods and services (4%).”
TODAY’S BLOG:
Snow!
The weather forecast can best be summarized with one word: snow. The white stuff is predicted from the Golan to Jerusalem to Mitzpe Ramon. It is currently snowing in such places as Hevron, Kiryat Arba, Har Bracha, and even Eilat.
Already photos are pouring in:
Snow falling tonight in Majdal Shams on the Lebanese border (photo Paddy Amon).
Check out this link of snow falling in Samaria.
Where’s there’s snow, there’s bound to be snowmen:
From Beit Jann.
Snow plows in Jerusalem:
Not a typical sight.
We will continue to post more photos as they come in!
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.