8 Shevat 5780
3 February 2020
Quote of the Day
“The [Trump] plan seeks to curb the expansion of the settlements to allow the feasibility of a Palestinian state. The map attached to the plan is not final.”
Jared Kushner, speaking in an interview on Egyptian television two days ago
To repeat what we have been saying for several days, nothing in the Trump Plan is final. All the concessions that have been made are Israeli concessions.
The News on the Israeli Street
Palestinian terror in the last 48 hours . . .
In Judea and Samaria:
A Border Policeman who was hit in the head with a Molotov yesterday in Hevron.
After he turned around:
The Policeman had to be hospitalized with severe burns to his neck and face. This is what our brave Border Policemen, Border Guards, and IDF soldiers face everyday in Judea and Samaria.
*A knife-wielding Palestinian terrorist was captured near Efrat.
*Palestinian terrorists using Molotovs and “rocks” attacked Israelis at Al Fawwar, on the 465 Bypass Road, just outside of Ariel, Al-Aruv, on Road 35 beside Terekomia, in Hevron, Adam, at the East Halhul Junction, on the south Tunnel Road in Jerusalem, on Road 465 near Neve Tzuf, near Jericho, Luban a Sharqiya, Hizma, Ras Karkar, Beit Jala, Beit Ummar, Qalandiya, Pondok, Beit Anun near Kiryat Arba, on Road 446 near the village of Na’alin, Anata, on Road 55 beside Nabi Elias, outside Ramallah, Karmi Tzur, Bir Naballah, Al Jib, the British Police Junction, Pisgim in Benjamin, Al-Khader, Tekoa, and at Rachel’s Tombto name a few places.
On the Gaza border:
More and more explosive balloons were launched into southern Israel with the new phenomenon of most of them exploding in the air.
So far today, police sappers have been called to the scene of numerous explosive balloons in Kiryat Gat, Bilu, Sderot, the Eshkol Region, and elsewhere. In the Netivot area, all trains were halted because of an explosive balloon that landed on the railroad tracks.
Netanyahu flies to Uganda . . .
As it turns out, PM Netanyahu’s rushed visit to Uganda was at the invitation of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
Why did Museveni want Netanyahu to come?
Because he had arranged a meeting between Netanyahu and Abdel Fattah Burhan, the leader of the Sudan.
Apparently, the results of the meeting were that Israel and the Sudan agreed to begin the process of normalization. One benefit of this agreement is that Israeli airlines will be able to fly over the Sudan.
The coronavirus and Israel…
In the last few days, Israeli authorities have taken several definite steps to try to deal with the coronavirus.
Yaakov Litzman, Israel’s Minister of Health, has issued a directive giving the Ministry the power to stop flights to and from China, and to enforce solitary confinement for anyone believed to have the coronavirus in Israel.
With all flights to and from China now being halted, what will be the economic impact on Israel?
From the Calcalist today: “According to CBS data, export of goods to China and Hong Kong accounts for 11% of all Israeli goods exports, 13% if the diamond sector is included. It reached $7.7 billion in 2019…Services export adds another $1 billion, while Chinese tourism to Israel also does its share; overall, export to China in 2019 amounted to around $9 billion. A closer look reveals that Israel’s tech sector will see the most damage: 98.6% of Israeli goods export to China and Hong Kong is industrial, with computer manufacturing, electronic, and optical devices accounting for 70.3%, or around $3.5 billion.”
TODAY’S BLOG:
13 Million And 11%
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The truth has now finally been brazenly stated.
For the first time, we finally have it from the horse’s mouth what the Palestinians want. No more fraud about only wanting a state within the “1967 lines”, no more fraud about only wanting a Palestinian capital in “east Jerusalem”, no more fraud about wanting to live in coexistence with Israel.
No more fraud, no more pretense, no more charade.
Yesterday, speaking at a meeting of the PLO cabinet in Ramallah, Mahmoud Abbas laid it all bare for the world to see.
What did he say?
In trashing the Trump Peace Vision, Abbas said that the Trump plan only gives the 13 million Palestinians 11% of the country that they want.
13 million Palestinians.
Where does this number come from?
Even if we take 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza + 2.5 million Palestinians in Judea and Samaria + 2 million Israeli-Arabs + 5,000,000 Palestinians “refugees”, we still come up a million short.
11% of the land.
Where does this percentage come from?
The Trump Plan calls for a Palestinian state in Gaza, Areas A and B of Judea and Samaria, and a majority of land in Area C.
If Abbas thinks that all of this land is only 11% of what the Palestinians want, we are forced to ask: where is the other 89%?
The answer is a simple one.
It is all of Israel.
Every square millimeter of Israel.
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.