"Israelis and Iranians, we are family. That is since the days of King Cyrus 2000 years ago. These are just governments that ruin it all because of religion."
--Reza, an Iranian fan attending the World Cup, welcomed two Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth reporters he met at the hotel dining room.*

Quote of the Day #2:
״So I have this background that allows me to look at things from a different perspective, and to some extent that allowed me to make the movie, since I didn’t buy into the threats that most Israelis believe in – according to which most Palestinians are terrorists and it’s very dangerous to go there. My complicated identity allowed me to observe this from a slightly different angle.”
—Argentina-born Jewish Israeli filmmaker, Ines Moldavsky, made a prize-winning film about dating Palestinian men from the West Bank.**

“Fifty years I’m here – since the Jordanian era. There are adults who bought from me when they were children. I don’t know what they want.”
—Like other Palestinians in E. Jerusalem, Marwan Sumara, 77, who sells juice in the Old City dressed in a white fez and traditional vest during Ramaddan, says Jerusalem Municipality officials are picking on him now and they didn’t in the past. Some think that the U.S. Embassy move to Jerusalem has emboldened Israeli authorities to act more aggressively towards the city’s Palestinian residents.*

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Israeli security guards at airport in Greece strip-search Arab Israeli couple before flight to Israel and demand to see their marriage license.**

“I just saw that there were realities beyond what was on my plate, and those realities almost inevitably informed what was – or was not – for dinner…I came away from the experience deeply embittered, confused – and determined to make television differently than I had before.”
--Anthony Bourdain once explained that a visit to Beirut changed the way he reported on food, and later took him to places of conflict. Haaretz's Dina Kraft wrote that it was his depictions of everyday life in Gaza that drew the strongest reactions, particularly from Palestinians, who along with others across the Middle East, now shared their sadness at his passing.*

Quote of the Day #2:
“The problem - it is not profitable to the security establishment. This system can not be sold to anyone. Its operation is also cheap, so it is impossible to make a living from it.”
—Dr. Oded Amichai, an Israeli expert on homefront defense, laser and military technology, missiles and rockets writes in Maariv that Israel avoids using cheap efficient equipment against Palestinian drones and rockets and instead uses expensive equipment it has developed because that helps sell it abroad.**

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**Israel admitted in court that it allotted East Jerusalem land to a Jewish settler group, which intends to evict the 700 Palestinians living there, without making proper checks about the nature of the trust that holds the land or the Ottoman-era law that applies in the case.***

46:85
--Percentage of Jewish Americans vs. percentage of Israelis who supported the transfer of the US embassy to Jerusalem.
59:44
--Percentage of Jewish Americans vs. percentage of Israelis who support a two-state solution.
34:77
--Percentage of Jewish Americans vs. percentage of Israelis who support Trump’s policies towards Israel.
12:28
--Percentage of Jewish Americans vs. percentage of Israelis who see the other as ‘brothers.’

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A Palestinian family was trapped inside their home and forced to leave through a broken window after Israeli forces welded their front door shut and temporarily detained them inside their home in Hebron.**

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Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely asked TripAdvisor.com to change the name of the location of hotels in Area C of the West Bank from ‘Palestinian Territories’ to ‘Israel.’**

"It’s time the politicians vacate the stage. We are not your toy, and neither is Leo Messi."
--Yedioth commentator, Raz Shechnik, slammed Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev for politicizing the warm-up match between the Israeli and Argentinian national soccer teams, leading to its cancellation, and expressed concern the same will happen to the Eurovision contest to be held in Jerusalem next year.*

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Israel ordered five 5 families in the Jordan Valley (West Bank) to vacate their homes for 10 days during Ramadan and Eid al-Fiter for Israeli military exercises. Nineteen will be left homeless.**

"A teenager was shot in the head with his back to the soldiers on his way to the village where he lives. There are no legal orders that permit shooting at the upper body under such circumstances, in which there is no danger to the lives of the soldiers or other people and no danger whatsoever. If there are rules of engagement that permit such shooting, then those rules themselves are illegal.”
--Attorney Gaby Lasky responded to the State Proseuctor's Office plans to withdraw indictments against two former soldiers who were charged with shooting and killing 16-year-old Palestinian, Samir Awad, five years ago. Lasky represents the family in court.*

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State Prosecutor's Office dropped plan to file monetary claim against the Jewish terrorists who killed Mohammed Abu Khdeir because they have no real assets. Yet, last year the State Prosecutor sued families of two killed Palestinian terrorists for about $2.8 million, which they did not have.**