Yom Reva’ee
Wednesday
16 Sivan 5782
June 15 2022
The News on the Israeli Street
The daily Corona update . . .
7,351 Israelis tested positive yesterday (out of 29,452 tested) bringing to 32,735 the number of active patients in the country.
The positive test rate was 24.96%; the coefficient of infection rose to 1.51%.
108 Israelis are seriously ill; 30 are critically ill—27 of these are on ventilators.
10,882 have died, none in the last 24 hours. This number is suspicious in that it hasn’t changed for the last 48 hours.
Palestinian terror in the last 24 hours . . .
Palestinian terrorists attacked Israelis with Molotovs and “rocks” at Givat Assaf, north of Ofra, near Beitar, on the Gush Etzion-Hevron Road beside Al-Aruv, on Road 55 near the Nabi Elias Bypass, beside Beit Omer, north of the T Junction in Gush Etzion, on Road 458 at Ein Samia, and at Hawara among some two dozen locations.
Palestinian terrorists threw IEDs at IDF soldiers between Itamar and Elon Moreh.
Palestinian terrorists opened fire on IDF troops in Shechem. No Israelis were wounded; two terrorists were captured.
5 Palestinian terrorists attacked two Israeli farmers south of Kochav Hashahar. Both Israelis and 3 terrorists were wounded.
A vote next Wednesday on dissolution? . . .
Numerous signs point to a vote of no-confidence in the government to take place next Wednesday in the Knesset.
Of course, this is about the tenth time that such a vote was thought to be impending. All previous possible votes never took place.
TODAY’S BLOG
Kissing Joe Biden’s Rear End
If there is one point on which this cowardly government has been consistent, it is that it rarely misses a chance to kiss Joe Biden’s rear end.
Now that it is virtually certain that the domestically crippled Biden with soon arrive in Israel in an attempt to shore up his rock-bottom popularity, PM Bennett, FM Lapid, and “Defense” Minister Gantz are falling all over themselves to ingratiate themselves with the American administration.
First last night came news that the demolition of the house of the terrorist who murdered three Israelis in Tel Aviv in April has been delayed until after Biden’s visit. Whether this was ordered by Bennett or Gantz is uncertain, but the point is that Israel certainly cannot afford to offend Biden by blowing up the murderer’s house.
Just pathetic.
Then came news this morning that as a sop to Biden, the quota of Palestinian workers allowed to work in Israel will increase by 20,000 to 120,000.
Can you believe this?
It was just two months ago that a wave of terrorism swept the country and riots took place on the Temple Mount, and now “POOF”, it is all forgotten in the name of pleasing (or appeasing) the Americans.
But wait . . . there is more.
By mid-morning, it became clear that our pathetic government used our security forces to raid Noam hill near Adi in Binyamin last night–and completely raze the tiny Jewish community there.
This is the 4th fledgling Jewish community razed in Judea and Samaria in the last two and a half weeks.
And why?
Undoubtedly, this is yet another attempt to please Joe Biden and his minions. Heaven forbid that Jews be allowed to live in our ancestral homeland when Joe Biden might be offended.
This craven Coalition government must be dissolved before it gives away the store to the Americans.
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.