Yom Shnee
Monday
24 Iyar 5783
May 15 2023
Photos of the Day
A newly confident Bibi strolling through Ashkelon this morning with Ashkelon mayor Tomer Glam (to his left). Note all the bodyguards.
And, of course, the paradigmatic Israeli politician’s photo op:
Bibi at a falafel stand. Likud is particularly strong in Ashkelon and Ashdod.
Two more photos from the recent war:
An amazing photo of a primary explosion which caused two secondary explosions (most likely hitting an underground munitions depot).
Another amazing photo–made by a resident of Gaza:
One wonders which terrorist was killed by this bomb.
The News on the Israeli Street
The war in Judea and Samaria.
The war may have stopped or slowed on the Gaza border for the moment, but it continues unabated in Judea and Samaria. Some attacks of the last 24 hours:
Shooting attacks.
Palestinian terrorists opened fire on Duvdevan undercover fighters during an operation in the Palestinian settlement of Lata (at Shechem). No Israelis were wounded.
The Palestinian terrorists who carried out a recent shooting attack on IDF soldiers in Hawara were captured in the Shechem Casbah.
Palestinian terrorists opened fire on IDF troops in another neighborhood of Shechem. One terrorist was killed; no Israelis were wounded.
IED, “rock”, Molotov attacks.
Palestinian terrorists attacked buses on Road 55 near Kedumim and at Hawara, exploded an IED near the Beket Checkpoint, and attacked motorists on Road 60 near the Machmash Junction and on the Gush Etzion-Hevron Road near Beit Omer as well as on Road 458 near the Shuli Hiyid monument and on Road 55 in the Nabi Elias Bypass–and at a dozen other locations.
Congratulations to Inbar! . . .
Inbar biting on her gold medal.
Israeli judoka Inbar Lanir won the gold medal in the 78 kg Judo classification at the World Judo Championships in Doha Qatar over the weekend.
Along the way she had to defeat the reigning world champion from Italy (in a stunning throw at the end of match).
Click here to see her win in the gold medal match.
By the way, the medal ceremony featured Hatikvah being played in Qatar for the first time.
Congratulations to Noa! . . .
Noa Kirel at a Eurovision press conference.
Noa Kirel placed an amazing 3rd in the fiercely competitive Eurovision contest in Liverpool over the weekend with her song and dance number “Unicorn.”
Click here to watch her perform.
Israelis follow the Eurovision contest extremely closely and were very proud of Noa’s result. She returned home to a heroine’s welcome last night.
TODAY’S BLOG
Prepare Yourself For Jerusalem Day!
A joyous headline! Get out your magnifying glass to read the articles.
Lest we forget, on May 15 1948 the new modern state of Israel was attacked by soldiers from Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq–just hours after declaring its independence.
Miraculously, we won the war and returned Jerusalem to Jewish hands for the first time in centuries.
On Thursday, Israelis will celebrate Jerusalem Day with a flag-waving march around the city–focused on the Old City:
Note that the march will circle the Old City (insert at top left).
It is a march that Islamic Jihad was determined to thwart and even demanded so as a condition for “ceasing” fire two days ago. But Israel would have none of it, and PM Netanyahu again declared this morning that the march would proceed as planned on the route it always takes.
The “In our hands for the Temple Mount” group (so named for Gen. Moti Gur’s famous declaration in 1967 when his paratroopers took the Mount) is calling for 5000 Jews to come to the Temple Mount.
If you want to watch the exciting live events from Israel all day Thursday you can:
Click here in two days to see Jerusalem Day events live.
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.