22 Iyar 5780
16 May 2020
The News on the Israeli Street
Palestinian terror in the last 24 hours . . .
*Following the horrific murder of IDF Sgt. Amit Ben Yigal on Tuesday and the attempted bulldozer murder of Sgt. Shadi Ibrahim on Wednesday (Sgt. Ibrahim remains in a medically induced coma following the amputation of his leg), another group of soldiers came under attack yesterday at the Abu Dis checkpoint.
Three terrorists threw IEDs and Molotovs at the soldiers and were subsequently shot. All are unfortunately still alive though in critical condition.
*The beginning of the explosive balloon season? An explosive balloon with a detonator was found yesterday in Moshav Yachini in the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council.
The daily Corona update . . .
*As of 6 am Saturday, there are 16,589 confirmed cases of Corona in Israel of whom 12,587 have recovered. 50 Israelis remain on ventilators, and 266 have died.
*Israel continues to reopen subject to strict social distancing guidelines. Here’s the upcoming schedule:
May 17: Museums open; trains will run on partial schedules; contactless sports activities approved for up to 20 people; grades 4-10 return in limited format.
May 31: 100 person gatherings will be allowed in an open space; the education system will return to full normal.
June 14: Concert auditoriums, theaters, and cinemas open; civil aviation partially reopens.
*As your humble servant noted in yesterday’s blog, there are far more restrictions coming into Ben Gurion than at other airports.
Here’s what the Israel Airports Authority published yesterday about changes for departures which began to be implemented on Thursday:
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—All passengers are required to arrive 4 hours before takeoff with a mask on.
—All passengers will be checked for fever via thermal imaging and will disinfect their hands before entering.
A thermal imaging device now in use at Ben Gurion Airport.
—Only those holding a boarding pass will be allowed inside the airport.
—Check-in will no longer involve airport or airline staff. It must be done on line or by oneself at an airport kiosk.
TODAY’S BLOG
The Palestinians Should “Have A Say” About Israeli Annexation?
The whole brouhaha concerning possible annexation of, or a sovereignty declaration concerning the Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria took both expected and unexpected turns yesterday.
On the expected side, little King Abdullah of Jordan ranted once again about how any such move by Israel would thrust the region into violence. This is the same King Abdullah who had no compunction at all about not extending Israeli agricultural leases on land along the Jordan River in the last half year and who regularly trashes Israel about everything from our Temple Mount to building handicap access at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hevron.
Also expected and timed to buttress Abdullah was yet another wave of European Union Foreign Ministry threats about severe sanctions that will come if Israel goes through with the sovereignty declaration and annexation. This is the same European Union Foreign Office that already puts labels on goods from Judea and Samaria just as the Nazis did for all Jewish goods in their Jewish “boykotts” in the 1930s.
Somewhat unexpected was a press briefing given by State Department Spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus which followed up on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s brief trip to Israel a few days ago.
During that stopover, Pompeo remarked repeatedly that sovereignty was an issue for Israel to decide.
Not according to Ortagus–who said that declaring sovereignty can only come as part of peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians based on the Trump vision: “We think these [sovereignty] discussions should be part of the peace process, part of discussions between the Israelis and the Palestinians.”
Then Ortagus added the kicker:
“We really think annexation should be part of a peace process where Palestinians should have a say.”
The Palestinians should have a say as to whether Israel annexes territory or not?
Who is kidding whom? We all know that there is no way that the PLO or Hamas will ever sign onto annexation, and to think that they will is beyond the absurd.
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.