APN's daily news review from Israel
Friday July 3, 2015
Quote of the day:
"Before the murder, Shuafat was the most peaceful place in East Jerusalem but since the murder, this
entire fabric of life has been destroyed."
--Hussein Abu Khdeir, father of Mohammed, who was burned alive one year ago.**
--Hussein Abu Khdeir, father of Mohammed, who was burned alive one year ago.**
Breaking News:
Senior Israeli officer shoots dead a Palestinian teen - IDF and Palestinians have different versions of event, Israeli newspapers report IDF version as fact
Senior IDF brigade commander Israel Shomer shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian Friday after his IDF jeep windshield was shattered by a stone while he drove on the West Bank side of the wall that goes threw the Al-Ram neighborhood of E. Jerusalem. The IDF Spokesman said that no one in the jeep was injured, but the commander sensed mortal danger, got out of his vehicle and implemented standard arrest procedures. (Maariv) The Palestinian hospital official said Mohammed Sami al-Kasbeh, 17, was shot in the head and chest. Palestinian medical sources presented a different story to that of the Israelis, stating that al-Kasbeh was shot trying to climb the separation wall in an attempt to reach Jerusalem to pray at the Temple Mount on the third Friday of Ramadan.
Front Page:
Haaretz
- Conflict of gas interests – Kahlon avoided dealing with gas because of his relations with Kobi Maimoun. Now, it turns out that the young MK had no problem advancing the real estate deals of his friend
- (Gas) Crisis with implications // Yossi Verter
- A year since Operation Protective Edge – Special project
- Israel and Hamas both erred in their reads of the other sides intentions. The different assessments led to war // Amos Harel
- Between the unemployment and the destruction, what allows Hamas to continue to rule the Strip
- Air Force is sure that they acted properly, but it understands that in Lebanon they will have to change their approach
- Kibbutzim around the Gaza Strip are attracting new residents with quality of life, peacefulness and a view of the sea of Gaza
- Israel deepening the rift between Cairo and Gaza: “We have proof of the connection between Hamas and ISIS”
- Despite his officer’s support by senior officials, the court lowered the ranks of the battalion commander who sexually harassed a female soldier
- It’s not the economy: Satiated Europe is battling in Greece to keep its rule // Avirama Golan
- From a coffee shop in Nazareth, the Palestinian Channel in Israel goes live
- How to turn a cement parking lot into a green area for the benefit of the public
- Two sisters fighting to receive recognition as companions recognized by law
Yedioth Ahronoth
- Personal credit rating for every citizen – (Finance Minister) Kahlon’s plan is revealed
- The suspect: The rabbi sexually attacked dozens of women
- Police in crisis – Confidential report reveals the depths to which the police has deteriorated
- Festival Danino: Special report from the extravagant parting event of the outgoing police commissioner
- “G-d owes me accountability” – Sarah Rosenfeld talks about the two sons she lost (one in West Bank attack)
- We’re from the same street – (In the same pilot’s course:) She’s the top battle cadet, he’s the best of the course and a third has an exceptional story
Maariv Weekend (Hebrew links)
- Israel: Hamas aiding ISIS to harm Egypt
- On the fences // Ben Caspit writes that no need to worry that Sinai will fall to ISIS and Israel is not in plans of ISIS of Sinai
- The size of the threat // Alon Ben-David
- Fear of abandonment // Yossi Melman writes how two Israeli gov’t decisions signal to Jordan that Israel has turned its back on Jordan
- Eliyahu offered (outgoing police commissioner) Danino to serve as chairman of Migdal insurance company
- “When the day comes that I will speak, I will open everything” – Battalion commander convicted of improper behavior had his rank lowered
- Rabbi arrested on suspicion of sexual harassment: “The truth will come to light”
- “State Comptroller won’t delay the approval of the gas agreement” – Minister Yuval Steinitz concludes a stormy week
- The Israeli opportunity // Udi Segal
- When the investors run away // Caroline Glick
- Kaufman’s word: This is how I put my beloved son into the covenant of our forefather Avraham
- Our angels: Rosenfeld family parts from another son (this one killed in West Bank attack)
- Looking forward: The officer who went blood in Operation Protective Edge returns to the Paratroopers
- After the dispute with (Culture Minister) Regev (over decision to stop funding Arab theater), Minorities Minister Gila Gamliel speaks
Israel Hayom
- Raising the alert: IDF closed Hwy 12
- General Mordechai: Hamas gave aid to ISIS in enormous attack in Sinai
- (Battalion commander) Hajabi’s ranks were lowered (because of sexual harassment)
- Rabbi suspected of rape was arrested
- Return to Entebbe
- After six years on the job: Head of National Council for Economy, Eugene Kendall, resigns
- Greece: Record tension ahead of referendum Sunday; Meanwhile, the economic crisis worsens
- Missing daddy – Moving meeting between orphans of Operation Protective Edge
- I will navigate – Roni, the religious female navigator pilot, calls on girls to go to pilot’s course
- One year since Operation Protective Edge – (American) Parents of (lone-soldier) Shawn Carmeli: “He united the nation”
- “Here is not abroad!” Residents of Bekaat Yarden (settlements in West Bank) answer the artists that boycott them
News Summary:
Israel directly accuses Hamas of working with ISIS in Sinai and, a prominent rabbi suspected of raping women is arrested as he tried to leave the country and a battalion commander is demoted for sexually harassing a female soldier making top stories in the Hebrew newspapers today. Meanwhile, Palestinians in E. Jerusalem marked the one year anniversary to the horrific murder of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir, but
In a highly unusual move, Israel's leading figure in the Arab media explicitly linked Hamas’ militant wing to the ISIS Sinai attacks against the Egyptian military. Haaretz’s military affairs analyst Amos Harel explains that Israel is going to great lengths to link Hamas to ISIS. But, it does not seem to be working. Ynet’s Roi Kais explains that in the shadow of a the massive attack in Sinai, Egypt and Hamas have found a common ground in the battle against ISIS.
**Hundreds participated in a procession Thursday afternoon in the E. Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat chanting, "We want a new Intifada," as they marked the anniversary of the murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir Thursday. But the father of the boy who was burned alive by three Jews urged for no violence. Ynet reported from the procession and shared an interesting interview with the slain boy’s father, Hussein, who also told how "Mohammed burned once, but my wife and I burn everyday again." He also told Maariv: "Only Arabs don't get justice." In the year since Abu Khdeir's murder, the Israeli NGO, Ir Amim, revealed in a report the violence, racism and incompetence of the Israeli police in dealing with the Palestinians in E. Jerusalem, including dealign with Israeli violence against Palestinians in Jerusalem (91 cases in six months), collective punishment, the disproportionate use of tear gas and the blasting of a liquid "skunk" chemicals into their homes. (Maariv, Ir Amim Hebrew report)
Israel directly accuses Hamas of working with ISIS in Sinai and, a prominent rabbi suspected of raping women is arrested as he tried to leave the country and a battalion commander is demoted for sexually harassing a female soldier making top stories in the Hebrew newspapers today. Meanwhile, Palestinians in E. Jerusalem marked the one year anniversary to the horrific murder of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir, but
In a highly unusual move, Israel's leading figure in the Arab media explicitly linked Hamas’ militant wing to the ISIS Sinai attacks against the Egyptian military. Haaretz’s military affairs analyst Amos Harel explains that Israel is going to great lengths to link Hamas to ISIS. But, it does not seem to be working. Ynet’s Roi Kais explains that in the shadow of a the massive attack in Sinai, Egypt and Hamas have found a common ground in the battle against ISIS.
**Hundreds participated in a procession Thursday afternoon in the E. Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat chanting, "We want a new Intifada," as they marked the anniversary of the murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir Thursday. But the father of the boy who was burned alive by three Jews urged for no violence. Ynet reported from the procession and shared an interesting interview with the slain boy’s father, Hussein, who also told how "Mohammed burned once, but my wife and I burn everyday again." He also told Maariv: "Only Arabs don't get justice." In the year since Abu Khdeir's murder, the Israeli NGO, Ir Amim, revealed in a report the violence, racism and incompetence of the Israeli police in dealing with the Palestinians in E. Jerusalem, including dealign with Israeli violence against Palestinians in Jerusalem (91 cases in six months), collective punishment, the disproportionate use of tear gas and the blasting of a liquid "skunk" chemicals into their homes. (Maariv, Ir Amim Hebrew report)
Prepared for APN by Orly Halpern, independent freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.