Friday, April 7, 2017


Arab States and Israel Welcome U.S. Strikes on Syria Airbase - John Reed and Simeon Kerr (Financial Times-UK)



Israel Uncovers Diving Suits Headed for Hamas in Gaza - Yoav Zitun (Ynet NewsIsraeli border security personnel at the Kerem Shalom crossing thwarted the smuggling of 30 diving suits apparently intended for terrorist elements in Gaza including the Hamas naval commando unit. The suits were concealed in a shipment of sports clothing imported from abroad. 
New Palestinian textbooks ‘teach students to be martyrs’ - Eldad Pardo  (Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se)) The new Palestinian curriculum, which includes new textbooks for grades 1–4, is significantly more radical than previous curricula. 



The Muslim Brotherhood Swoops into Sweden - Judith Bergman (Gatestone)

U.S. Ramps Up Drone Strikes on Al-Qaeda in Yemen - Bill Roggio (Long War Journal)
An Open Letter to Richard Gere - Ben-Dror Yemini (Ynet NewsThe actor Richard Gere recently visited Hebron, where he said that for the local Palestinians, "it's exactly what the Old South was in America. Blacks knew where they could go....It was well understood. You didn't cross over if you didn't want to get your head beat in, or you get lynched."
  • As part of the Wye Memorandum signed in 1998 between then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat, Jews - and only Jews - are barred from 97% of Hebron. Restrictions on the Palestinians apply primarily to one street, al-Shuhada, which connects two Jewish neighborhoods.
Palestinians are in no danger of getting lynched, but a Jew who accidentally enters Palestinian territory, on the other hand, will get lynched. Security measures are being taken because most Palestinians in Hebron support Hamas, which supports the annihilation of Jews.