Yom Shleeshee
Tuesday
4 Tishrei 5784
September 19 2023
The Abhorrent Quote of the Day
“You are fascists, liars, thugs. I hope all you reformers go to burn in hell.”
An unnamed Israeli speaking to an Israeli Channel 14 reporter on the street in New York today in advance of PM Netanyahu’s arrival there.
No tolerance for a different point of view; nothing but sheer vitriol spewing forth: this is what we see from the anti-Israel government movement both in Israel and in the United States.
By the way and despite the insane vitriol, PM Netanyahu’s dance card has been full from the intriguing meeting with Elon Musk and tour of the Tesla factory in Silicon Valley to those he is meeting in New York today: Chancellor of Germany Olaf Schulz, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Turkey Recep Erdogan, and President of Paraguay Santiago Peña. And that is just today (Tuesday).
The News on the Israeli Street
The war in Judea, Samaria, and on the Gaza Border.
On the Gaza border:
Good news: 6 Palestinian terrorists were wounded in a “work accident (aka “a premature bomb explosion”). This follows the six who were killed when they accidentally detonated a mortar shell on the security fence several days ago.
More good news: another 2 Palestinian terrorists were critically wounded in a “work accident” near Khan Younis.
Your humble servant has only one thing to say to Hamas: keep up the good work!
By the way, what is the cause of all the bombs, tire burning, and shooting on the Gaza border at the moment? Qatar said that it would withhold half of the usual monthly blackmail money from Hamas until the end of the Jewish holidays.
Shooting attack:
Palestinian terrorists opened fire on IDF soldiers at an IDF outpost located on the outskirts of Deir Sharaf in Samaria.
Palestinian terrorists opened fire on an IDF patrol vehicle near Mirav. The vehicle was hit by bullets, but no soldiers were wounded.
Palestinian terrorists opened fire at Israeli civilians at the Tomer Junction. No Israelis were wounded.
In all of the above shooting attacks, the terrorists escaped.
IED, Molotov, “rock” attacks:
Palestinians terrorists tried to kill Israelis in more than 2 dozen locations including on Road 55 near Azzun, between Alfe Menashe and the Eliyahu Pass, at Al Aruv, and on Road 60 near Burka (child wounded).
A military court throws a soldier under the bus, again . . .
If you can believe this, an officer in the Golani Brigade was sentenced to 10 days in prison yesterday for the following “offense.”
While manning an unannounced checkpoint, Golani soldiers saw a Palestinian car veering away and trying to escape being examined. With the rash of ramming attacks and shooting attacks directed against our soldiers, they realized that something was wrong.
At this point, the soldier in question fired into the air to try to get the driver to stop. When that failed, he then fired at the tires on the car. One bullet entered the car through the back window and hit the driver–causing a minor injury that was treated on the spot by an IDF medic.
According to the Military Prosecutor’s Office, the officer violated the absurd open fire regulations that are meant to protect terrorists and not soldiers–and is now chucked in prison.
Talk about incompetence . . . or rank bias . . .
It was revealed this morning that in the last 9 months of the anarchist demonstrations in Israel, the police have only opened 750 cases against lawbreakers.
But what is even more amazing is that out of that 750, the various prosecutors in Tel Aviv (primarily) have only filed 4 indictments.
Endless illegal blocking of freeways, endless incitements to violence, and endless acts of violence against drivers–and there have only been 4 indictments.
Unbelievable.
A new Israeli airline . . .
Air Haifa was approved yesterday.
Obviously based in Haifa, it will fly to destinations in Israel, Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey.
It is hoped that the appearance of this airline will bring down the prices of airline tickets that gouge Israeli consumers.
TODAY’S BLOG
The Insanity of the Arab+ World
Not only are we faced with daily insanity here in Israel coming from all sides: the anti-government obsession, the Hezbollah outpost still in Israel, the detonations and smoking tires on the Gaza Border, the weapons smuggling on the Jordanian border, the incessant terrorism in Judea and Samaria, and, and, and . . . but also we are surrounded by insane Arab and Persian leaders.
Certifiably insane.
You don’t have to look very hard to see the war that Bashar Assad has waged against his own people in Syria, or the continual threat to annihilate Israel coming from the ayatollahs in Tehran, or, or, or . . .
Take for example today this amazing gem from Kais Saied, the President of Tunisia.
Yet another vicious anti-Semite, President Saied of Tunisia speaking today.
As you may know, Libya and Tunisia were hit over the past week with a severe storm which meteorologists named “Daniel.”
This morning, Saied said this in an interview:
“Daniel was a Hebrew prophet. No one asks themselves why they called this storm ‘Daniel’? Because the Zionist movement infiltrated to harm the mind and thinking.”
There you have it.
Naming the storm ‘Daniel’ was a Zionist concoction to infiltrate “the Muslim mind”.
If there is one.
Just plain certifiably insane–and these are the people we have to deal with on a daily basis.
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.