Tuesday
Yom Shleeshee
21 Tevet 5785
January 21 2025
UPDATE 8:00 AM ISRAEL TIME
May His Memory Be For A Blessing
Sgt. First Class (Res.) Eviatar Ben Yehuda, aged 31 from Nitzan, a soldier in the 8211th Battalion of the Efraim Brigade, was killed in the Samarian Palestinian settlement of Tamun while he was on patrol and a huge roadside IED exploded and threw his armored jeep upside down.
Not only was Sgt. Ben Yehuda killed but also the blast badly wounded 4 other soldiers including the battalion commander.
It appears that we are beginning to see the same ambush tactics used in Judea and Samaria that we have been seeing in Gaza.
Trump Takes Command
Among the executive orders Trump has signed in the last few hours:
1) President Trump revoked Executive Order 14115, which had sanctioned Jewish community members in Judea and Samaria.
2) President Trump withdrew funding from the abominable UNRWA.
3) President Trump ordered sanctions again on the members of the International Criminal Court.
4) President Trump lifted all restrictions on weapons sales to Israel including 2000 pound bunker busting bombs, artillery shells, guns, and ammunition not to mention the D9 bulldozers.
5) Trump authorized the deportation of visa holders who support hateful ideologies, terrorism, or national security threats, such as individuals involved in pro-Hamas protests, riots, or fundraising efforts.
On these happy notes, we stop this abbreviated blog for now . . . to return later in the day . . .
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.