5 Elul 5780
25 August 2020
The News on the Israeli Street
The daily Corona (Covid-19) update as of 8 am this morning . . .
There are 104,472 confirmed cases—an increase of 1,809 since this time yesterday
81,642 of these confirmed cases have recovered—an increase of 2,128
415 are in critical condition–an increase of 17
114 of the most critically ill are on ventilators—a decrease of 1
847 have died–an increase of 13
There are 22,830 active cases.
Newly confirmed cases hovering around 2000 a day; another double digit increase in those who are critically ill; and approaching 450 dead: the bottom line is that Corona is still going strong in Israel.
Palestinian terror in the last 24 hours . . .
Another day, another 40+ fires ravaging the land of southern Israel:
A fire near Sderot yesterday.
Four Islamic Jihad terrorists in Shuja’iya (across the border from Nahal Oz) who were in the process of preparing missiles to fire at southern Israel were killed in what is being described as a “training accident” last night”:
The face of terror.
As a result of this training accident, Israel has moved Iron Dome missile interceptor batteries to here in Ashdod this morning because Ashdod “belongs” to Islamic Jihad in terms of being fired at during missile outbreaks and during wars with Gaza.
Yawn . . . no new election . . .
Despite frantic media reports up until 9 pm last night that we were on the verge of new elections, the Knesset finally did what we predicted all along. It kicked the budget problem three months down the road until December 23.
It is just another sign of Israel in disarray and dysfunction.
About that UAE Agreement . . .
On the one hand, we had working groups from the Health Ministries in both countries quickly concluding an outline for cooperation yesterday while . . . the UAE decided not to attend a meeting yesterday with Israel and the U.S. because of the comments that PM Netanyahu has made about the likely sale of F-35 airplanes to the UAE.
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At the same time, U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo was in Jerusalem yesterday and will be in the UAE today apparently in an effort to keep the Israel-UAE Agreement on the rails.
TODAY’S BLOG:
Not The Israel We Once Knew
Try to wrap your mind around this.
Where do you think Major General Herzl Halevi, the IDF Commander of Forces in Southern Israel, was yesterday?
You might think that he would have been touring the front trying to come up with solutions to the hundreds of explosive balloons and dozens of missiles fired at southern Israel in the last week.
After all, isn’t that what a commander is supposed to do?
Not in today’s Israel.
Instead of rallying his forces against the terror arrayed against us, he was in Qatar yesterday pleading with the Qataris to pony up more blackmail money to pay Hamas “to calm the situation.”
Yes, you read that correctly.
The commander of IDF forces in the south was in Qatar trying to facilitate blackmail payments to Hamas.
It is just unbelievable.
What has happened to Israel? What has happened to the IDF General Command? Have we now turned into a nation of beggars that go hat in hand to countries like Qatar and the UAE asking for handouts?
This is not the Israel I once knew.
Addendum:
As of this morning in response to Israel’s begging, Qatar has agreed to the Hamas demand to increase the monthly Gaza blackmail payout from $25 million to $40 million dollars a month.
In cash.
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.