APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday August 26, 2016
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News:
Conflicting reports about killing of unarmed Palestinian by soldiers near Ramallah
The IDF said Eyad Zakaria Hamed, 38, was running towards an IDF guard post so they shot him dead. However, Maan noted that the initial reports from Hebrew media said the suspect had opened fire from inside a vehicle, and that a woman might have been inside the car with him. Witnesses told Maan that Hamed was shot and critically injured while inside his vehicle. The IDF said no weapons were found on him and that none of the soldiers were injured. (Ynet and Maan)
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Conflicting reports about killing of unarmed Palestinian by soldiers near Ramallah
The IDF said Eyad Zakaria Hamed, 38, was running towards an IDF guard post so they shot him dead. However, Maan noted that the initial reports from Hebrew media said the suspect had opened fire from inside a vehicle, and that a woman might have been inside the car with him. Witnesses told Maan that Hamed was shot and critically injured while inside his vehicle. The IDF said no weapons were found on him and that none of the soldiers were injured. (Ynet and Maan)
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Haaretz
- IDF using harsher methods against stone-throwers, and number of seriously wounded soared
- Israel Confiscate Army – The new IDF activity in the West Bank: confiscation of TVs, toasters and earrings
- Days of Independence – Will the Labor party split and join the government? What did Netanyahu and Herzog talk about for four hours? // Yossi Verter
- New testimony about [Israeli authorities’ kidnapping of] Yemenite children: They passed from mother to mother and were eventually delivered to WIZO
Yedioth Ahronoth
- Shabbat and the train crisis
- “The Israeli hacking is making the world crazy” – What’s behind Apple’s frantic request to update the iPhone version
- The hero of Italy – 10-year-old rescued after 17 hours under rubble
Maariv Weekend
- $20 million for Hamas, in cash and with Israel’s sponsorship
- Netanyahu’s words – Summary of Netanyah’s speeches to the media show a different reality
- What does Israeli regulation have against the Chinese? // Yehuda Sharoni
- Battle over Shabbat – Israel Train planning infrastructure changes over weekend, ultra-Orthodox threaten
- Apple updating version because of “Israeli hack”
- The earthquake in Italy – life among the rubble
Israel Hayom
- Miracles among the rubble (in Italy)
- Because of an “Israeli hack”: world update for iPhone
- Ultra-Orthodox furious: “Train infrastructure work on Shabbat – violates the status quo”
- Goldin and Shaul families starting online campaign: “The war is not over”
News Summary:
It was an unusually slow news day in Israel today, with the papers focusing on the earthquake disaster in Italy, the Apple update to iPhones following “an Israeli hack” and the anger of the ultra-Orthodox over the plans to do infrastructure work to the trains this weekend. Also in the news, Maariv reported that Israel allowed the transfer of $20 million in cash from Qatar to Gaza, passing by armed convoy through Israel to pay Hamas government salaries. Israel’s Defense Ministry said it “made sure that the money was not for terror use, but rather to improve the humanitarian situation.”
Prepared for APN by Orly Halpern, independent freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.