APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
You Must Be
Kidding:
“What is this special weapon we have that we fire and see pillars of smoke and fire, but nobody gets hurt? It is time for there to be injuries and deaths as well.”
“What is this special weapon we have that we fire and see pillars of smoke and fire, but nobody gets hurt? It is time for there to be injuries and deaths as well.”
-- Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel suggests there should be more Palestinian
casualties in Israel's attacks in the Gaza Strip
Front Page:
Haaretz
- "You want a girl? How many?: Tapes reveal how right-wing group tried to make East Jerusalem Jewish
- EU, Norway to convene emergency meeting of donor countries providing Palestinians financial aid
- West Bank terror attack leaves Israeli rabbi dead
- "Strippergate": Everything you need to know about Yair Netanyahu's latest scandal
Israel Hayom
- US envoy: There is no peace because PA pays terrorists
- Arrow defense system test launch canceled for 2nd time in a month
- Terrorist victim's neighbor warned community about armed man
- Israeli mayors rail against law limiting commerce on Shabbat
Times of Israel
- Frustration boils into calls for revenge at funeral of slain rabbi
- After terror attack, US ambassador accuses Palestinians of preventing peace
- Live Blog: Netanyahu calls on Abbas to condemn terror attack that killed Israeli man
- After killing, army unlikely to head calls for revenge against Palestinians
Ynet News
- Bill paving way for Litzman's return to government passes amid Knesset drama
- German migrants may have to visit Nazi camps
- Analysis: Deadly shooting calls for improved deterrence
- Calls of "revenge" at terror victim's funeral
i24 News
- Hundreds attend funeral of slain Rabbi calling for "revenge"
- Palestinians reject US envoy's accusations of blame for deadly attack on settler
- Lieberman orders ministry to check legalizing West Bank outpost of murdered Rabbi
- Arab FM's to meet in February on Trump's Jerusalem move
News Summary:
Rabbi Raziel Shevach, 35 years old and a father of six, was shot Tuesday night in a drive-by shooting near Nablus and later died of his injuries. He was a resident of the illegal settler outpost Havat Gilad, just south of Nablus. The IDF has imposed a partial lockdown in Nablus and its neighboring villages while it searches for the killer, who is still on the loose.
Education Minister Naftali Bennet came to Havat Gilad for the funeral to give a eulogy, during which he was heckled by mourners calling for revenge. Bennet responded that "the only revenge is to keep building,” but this did not calm the crowd. Today, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman ordered his ministry to work towards legalizing the Havat Gilad outpost. Prime Minister Netanyahu has called on Abbas to condemn this act of violence and praised US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman for blaming the Palestinians for preventing peace: "Hamas praises the killers and PA laws will provide them financial rewards. Look no further to why there is no peace," Friedman tweeted. The Palestinians have rejected this accusation saying that Friedman's comments reveal his "prejudiced and selective attitude towards the occupation."
Quick Hits:
- In Haaretz, David Makovsky writes that a wave of European countries recognizing Palestine is coming, despite the convergence of Europe and Israel's interests in other aspects of Middle East policy. Although the EU itself is not likely to make this move, European countries that feel spurned or marginalized may feel compelled to do so individually.
- Senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs say the Treasury is planning to cut their budget significantly and warn that this will significantly harm both the country's image abroad and its security. Ambassador Gilad Cohen says: "The proposed cuts are not yet an order to close the ministry, but something very close to that.”
- Prime Minister Netanyahu will take 130 businessmen to India next week to discuss trade, including defense sales. Israel is a major weapons supplier to India selling an average of $1 billion in military equipment each year. Note: one of the members of this delegation is an Israeli drone company that is at the heart of a sensitive criminal investigation by the international crimes unit of the Israeli police.
- A Jewish neighborhood in Djerba, an island city of Tunisia, was hit with Molotov cocktails last night. There was a failed attempt to burn down a synagogue and two schools were targeted. This comes amid protests in the country over rising consumer prices and a lack of financial support from the government.