Yom Shishee, Friday
28 Adar 5781
March 12, 2021
The News On the Israeli Street
Palestinian terror in the last 24 hours . . .
A follow-up to the missile attack Thursday night: despite tens of thousands of residents of the Ashdod-Ashkelon-Zikim reporting multiple missile impact explosions, the IDF spokesman insists that it was all “a false alarm”. As the spokesman always does—after all, heaven forbid that the IDF respond meaningfully to an attack by Hamas or Islamic Jihad.
Today on the Gaza border:
A grenade-armed terrorist who had breached the border security fence was captured by an IDF patrol.
Another missile aimed at southern Israel exploded before launch from Gaza.
The daily Corona (Covid-19) update . . .
Please note that these numbers encompass from 8 pm Thursday to 8 pm Friday (24 hours):
816,198 Israelis have been confirmed with the virus since the pandemic began last March.
There are 3,375 newly confirmed cases.
621 are in critical condition—a decrease of 24
214 of the most critically ill are on ventilators—an increase of 3
5,980 have died–an increase of 25
There are currently 34,322 active Corona cases in Israel.
An estimated 5.1 million have now received at least one dose of vaccine.
More tar on Israel’s beaches . . .
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More tar was found on the beaches of Betzet, Beit Yanai, Tel Dor and Habonim this morning along with an assortment of dead marine life including sea turtles.
Another clean-up campaign has already begun.
Israel continues on its knees to Jordan . . .
Our pusillanimous government announced today that 700 more Jordanian workers will be allowed into Eilat to work in the hotels there.
At the same time, the government rushed to announced that all Jordanian diplomatic personnel will be allowed into Israel via the Allenby Crossing.
Both of these steps were part of a profuse apology to the Jordanians for denying Crown Prince Abdullah entry into Israel the other day so that he could pray at the Al-Aksa Mosque. Of course, the real purpose of Abdullah’s visit was solidify Jordanian control over the Temple Mount in the face of perceived competition from Saudi Arabia and the UAE–a solidification that the Netanyahu government incredibly turns a blind eye to.
TODAY’S BLOG:
Another Dangerous Partnership
Speaking of UAE pretensions to the Temple Mount . . .
Part of those pretensions are coming from the investments that the UAE is making in Israel.
Just today, Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) announced a partnership with the UAE to the tune of a $10 billion dollar investment in the company.
Specifically IAI will be partnering with the UAE company EDGE to develop an anti-drone and anti-aircraft systems. According to the announcement, 3D radar and electro-optical technologies will be integrated into a uniform control and monitoring system.
In case you were unaware of it, IAI already partners with the Belgian company Advanced Technology Systems to produce various air warfare “solutions.”
Pardon your humble servant from stating the obvious, but don’t you think it is dangerous for IAI to be sharing information and development with companies in Belgium and the UAE?
Especially the UAE.
After all, up until about six months ago, the UAE was still considered an enemy of Israel, and the normalization process which began only about four months ago has had more than a few bumps in the road.
Are we really ready to allow Israeli companies to sell the UAE secrets?
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.