Israel news:
On Tuesday night IDF troops demolished the home of Omar Al-Abed in the village called Kobar, near Ramallah. He carried out the murder of 3 members of the Solomon family before what was supposed to be a Shalom Zachor (party for a newborn son). His mother was arrested for praising his brave act and 5 more family members were arrested for knowing about the upcoming attack and not reporting it. Now they lost their house. It is hoped that this will lower the incentive for others to carry out more murderous terror attacks.
The 84 year old Holocaust survivor from Bet Yitzchak who shot two terrorists who broke into his home was acquitted and deemed innocent of any crime.
Israel is working through diplomatic channels to bring its ambassador back to Egypt.
The UN is building illegally for Arabs in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood. But instead of showing a tough stand on Israeli sovereignty, Israel is allowing the illegal building to continue in honor of António Guterres upcoming visit to Israel.
A senior corps of diplomats will leave Israel to the US to discuss the Syrian cease fire and express Israel’s worry that the cease fire enables to bring Iran to its borders in the Golan and what is being done about it.
World news:
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said Iran’s threat to withdraw from the nuclear pact can’t be used to keep the whole world hostage. The sanctions are not nuclear related but they are to punish Iran for its blatant violation of UN Security Council resolutions, supporting terror, launching missiles launches and disregarding human rights.
Last week Turkey celebrated violence it perpetrated on Cyprus in 1964 when they dropped napalm on the Cypriot town of Kokkina killing over 50 people, 19 of them civilians. The Turks consider Cypress theirs to do as they see fit and the murder of innocents as a legitimate military objective in getting back their land. The Greek Foreign office issued a condemnation of the celebration of inhuman behavior.
Trump takes flak for blaming the left as partners in the Charlottesville violence during a press conference he made at Trump Tower in New York. He was angry and red faced as he shouted at the reporters who hold the left above reproach creating for themselves a moral high ground. He said that “George Washington also had slaves, does that mean we need to take down his statue too?”