ISRAEL (IINO)
Police enforcement at issue as reform opponents plan more disruptions JOSHUA MARKS
Major Israeli shopping center chain threatens to shut down for Tuesday’s “Day of Resistance.”
(July 9, 2023 / JNS) – The Israeli government is awaiting a response from the attorney general to its inquiry on the state’s enforcement policy as anti-judicial reform protesters gear up for major disruptions on Tuesday.
At the start of Sunday’s Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his coalition would like answers from Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara about the enforcement policy regarding “threats and assaults on elected officials, calls to civil revolt and disobeying the law, blocking roads and illegal strikes.”
How the Israeli Air Force is preparing for multi-arena war YAAKOV LAPPIN
The IDF’s strategic arm needs to be able to take on rocket and missile bases over the borders and nuclear sites in Iran, all at the same time.
(July 9, 2023 / JNS) – In mid-June, the Israel Defense Forces completed a major
two-week war exercise, dubbed “Firm Hand,” which simulated a multi-arena war starting with Hezbollah and Lebanon and spreading to other locations, including Iran.
The Israeli Air Force played a key role in the exercise, reflecting its centrality as Israel’s strategic arm.
In May, the IAF sent, for the first time, F-16 fighter aircraft to Cyprus as part of the “Blue Sun” exercise, which simulated war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. The drill also saw Israeli intelligence-gathering jets, C-130 transport helicopters, Apache gunships, and special forces on the ground.
The IAF, which is due to have two full squadrons of F-35 fifth-generation jets by 2024, and is due to receive a third squadron in the coming years, is preparing itself for the plentiful security challenges of the 21st century Middle East. Chief among these is the attempt of the Iranian-led axis to surround Israel with a “ring of fire,” and plant missile and rocket bases in civilian areas all around the Jewish state.
In any future full-scale regional war, the IAF will have to be able to both deal with those threats and tackle Iranian nuclear sites and missile bases thousands of kilometers from Israel— all at the same time.
Netanyahu Plans Boosting the Palestinian Authority to the Tune of Billions By David Israel
20 Tammuz 5783 – July 9, 2023 – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political and security cabinet is expected on Sunday to approve a series of economic benefits for the Palestinian Authority, on the recommendations of the security establishment’s fear of the PA’s financial collapse. Among other things, the cabinet is expected to approve the development of a natural gas field off the coast of the Gaza Strip, industrial areas in Judea and Samaria, the expansion of the Allenby crossing, and tax benefits and debt forgiveness to will help the PA live up to its obligation to pay terrorists behind bars in Israel and their families. Every one of these benefits will cost Israeli taxpayers billions of shekels.
Also: PA VIPs will once again be able to roam undisturbed inside green line Israel.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir expressed a sweeping objection to supporting the PA, because, according to his circle, “there is not a day that they do not incite against Israel, there is not a day that the PA’s education system does not call for the murder of Jews, there is not a day that they do not call for the boycott of Israel. Rewarding them for all of this is an unwise and illogical decision, and at the cabinet meeting he intends to oppose the planned benefits package.”
[Ed.: That’s exactly why I call it “IINO”… Perhaps Bibi should give them cluster bombs? Then they could take out the 20% of our population living below the poverty line.]
Police Adopt Ben-Gvir’s Gun Reform Encouraging Citizens to Carry
20 Tammuz 5783 – July 8, 2023 – A major point of contention between Israeli gun owners and the police is that the police almost always automatically take away a citizen’s gun when they use it in defensive situations. The civilians are also typically interrogated under caution. It doesn’t matter if they shot in the air to scare away a terrorist attacking them, or if they killed a terrorist who was committing a massacre, the citizen’s gun was confiscated, often for weeks and even for months.
The issue came to a head in March 2022 when the police confiscated the gun of the civilians who stopped and killed an Arab terrorist who murdered 4 people and wounded 2 more people in Be’er Sheva.
One of the civilian heroes refused to leave the police station until his gun was returned. The police actually threatened to detain him if he didn’t leave. The civilian pointed out that his life was now in danger, as his face, name and home address were publicized, and he would have no way to defend himself from a revenge attack by other terrorists without his personal sidearm.
After much public outcry, the police agreed to return his gun the next day and they would personally escort him safely to his home.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir introduced a new policy change and the police agreed to adopt it. In fact, they did so just a day before the recent terror attack in Tel Aviv, in which a passing civilian killed the terrorist who had just wounded seven people and caused a pregnant woman to lose her baby.
Setting The Record Straight: Part III: “‘From The River To The Sea, Palestine Will Be Free’” By Alex Grobman PhD.
20 Tammuz 5783 – July 9, 2023 – *Editor’s Note: This is the third installment in ‘Setting The Record Straight,’ the most recent series of articles from Jewish Press Online contributor, Alex Grobman, PhD
“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” is a mantra often heard on university campuses throughout the US, Canada, Australia, and Europe. It is a call for the total destruction of the Jewish state since the borders of Israel are between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.” [1]
Eliminating Israel is exactly what the Hamas Covenant 1988 proclaims in Article Eleven: “The Islamic Resistance Movement believes that the land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future Moslem generations until Judgement Day. It, or any part of it, should not be squandered: it, or any part of it, should not be given up. Neither a single Arab country nor all Arab countries, neither any king nor president, nor all the kings and presidents, neither any organization nor all of them, be they Palestinian or Arab, possess the right to do that. Palestine is an Islamic Waqf land consecrated for Moslem generations until Judgement Day. This being so, who could claim to have the right to represent Moslem generations till Judgement Day?” [2]
