Authorities confiscated the VIP passes of top Palestinian officials, and are withholding taxes and tarrifs collected on behalf of the P.A., to hold Ramallah accountable for last month's “distorted” U.N. resolution on Judea and Samaria.
“I’m not willing to accept a double standard between Jews and Arabs when it comes to illegal construction,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The fact that in Israel it is also verboten to raise the possibility that a sexual assault might have been ethno-religiously motivated indicates that the denial prevalent in much of the West has affected us, too.
The U.S. assistance authorizes cooperation with Israel on counter-tunnel and counter-aerial capabilities, and $500 million for developing and procuring the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow weapon systems.
For Palestinians, a seaport represents a key symbol and critical engine for future development, though Hamas continuing to smuggle materials for the production of rockets remains an obstacle, said Asaf Ashar, emeritus research professor at the National Ports and Waterways Institute USA.
The Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester and Region said it was “appalled” by the headline, adding that “the framing of the headline and the subsequent article recklessly fails to reflect the tragic incident.”
A trend towards High Holiday sermons about Trump or Netanyahu could set the tone for more political strife, even as a sense of Jewish peoplehood declines.
As the unwelcome scrutiny given the extreme tweets of the social-media giant’s “integrity” chief shows, the company has started something it can’t finish.