Israel News:
Israel contemplating closing the Israeli office of Al-Jazeera: In light of the Persian gulf states isolation of Qatar Netanyahu is considering closing Al Jazeera’s offices in Israel.
A female terrorist dropped her knife at a check point to enter the Machpela Caves in Hebron. When soldiers approached her she panics and dropped her knife. She was taken in for questioning and admitted she wanted to be a martyr.
Syrian refugee children treated in Israel have germs that don’t respond to anti-biotics. This was discovered when researching their situation in the Galilee Medical Center.
Egypt also cut its electric supply to Gaza and will reinstate the supply if certain security conditions are met according to the London based newspaper A-Sharq al-Awsat.
The Israeli Tax Authority postponed collecting tax on a third apartment until the end of July in case the third apartment tax law is abolished before then.
19 kidnapping attempts aborted each year: Since the kidnapping and murder of the three youth in Gush Etzion 3 years ago the IDF has rethought it approach in Judea and Samaria. Over 1,000 cameras were installed at key junctions and military presence was increased. A security official said: “We are prepared for this; we’ve improved our presence and infrastructure.”
World news:
Trump accused of not leaving his businesses upon becoming president which is a conflict of interests and illegal.
Trump considering firing special prosecutor Mueller: Businessman Christopher Ruddy who is considered close to President Trump said in an interview that Trump is considering firing the investigator appointed to check out if there was contact with Russia. The White House denies this.
Russia: 500 protesters were arrested during protests against corruption in St. Petersburg.
Qatar foreign minister: “It is claimed that we support Hamas but this is a total lie.”
Turkey: An earthquake measuring6.3 on the Richter scale was felt in Western Turkey.
Iran: “We have accurate information that Saudi Arabia asked the terrorists to carry out the attacks in our country.”