Yom Shishee
Friday
24 Av 5783
August 11 2023
The News on the Israeli Street
The war in Judea and Samaria.
Stabbing attack:
A Palestinian terrorist stopped at the Nili Junction, got out of his car, and tried to stab two female civilians who managed to successfully fight him off. He then threw away the knife and fled. He remains at large.
Shooting attacks:
Palestinian terrorists opened fire on Israeli civilians between Dotan and Homesh.
Palestinian terrorists opened fire on IDF troops at Shechem. One terrorist was wounded.
Palestinian terrorists opened fire on an IDF troops in Tulkarm. One terrorist was killed and 7 more wounded.
IED, “rock”, and Molotov attacks:
Palestinian terrorists attacked on Road 55 near Haja (Israeli wounded), Beit Rima, Bruchin, Luban Al-Sharqiya, Singil, and at a number of other locations.
TODAY’S BLOG:
5 Things Your Humble Servant Will Not Write About Today
All of these stories are worth developing, but I will not write about them today:
1. You want to know why the IDF General Command is so far to the Left? The officers’ training course in Haifa yesterday compared Religious Zionism to the terrorist Hamas organization.
2. Speaking of the left, how about the Leader of the Opposition Yair Lapid meeting with the UAE FM in Paris two days ago, and then doing all he can to undermine the Biden sponsored Saudi-Israel normalization deal by urging American lawmakers to reject any American effort to help the Saudis build a nuclear power plant. I guess this marks the end of the Biden-Lapid bromance.
3. We also will not write about the fact that Israel has the 27th rated economy in the world with a GDP of 539 billion–which constitutes 0.51% of the entire world’s economy. So much for the anarchists’ hope of destroying the Israeli economy.
4. Israeli food shoppers all cheered when the giant French chair Carrefour arrived in Israel and promised lower prices. We won’t discuss how after only a few weeks, prices on hundreds of products have risen by as much as 45%. Beware of what you wish for.
5. Nor will we write about how 113 pesticides used for vegetables and fruit which are banned in the U.S. and Europe–are allowed to be used by Israeli farmers. Beware of what you eat for Shabbat.
On that note we wish you a wonderful Shabbat Shalom!
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.