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NINE US JEWISH GROUPS CALL ON NETANYAHU to Not
Annex Judea and Samaria
“We believe that it will lead to greater conflict between
Israelis and Palestinians, severely undermine, if not
entirely eradicate, the successful security coordination
between the State of Israel and the Palestinian Authority,
and galvanize efforts such as the Boycott, Divestment,
and Sanctions movement that are intended to isolate and
delegitimize Israel,” stated the letter released on Friday,
acquired by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “It will create
intense divisions in the United States and make unwavering
support for Israel and its security far more difficult to maintain.
PA FM: 'ABBAS READY TO MEET NETANYAHU WITH NO
PRECONDITIONS'
Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, is
prepared to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
with no preconditions, PA Foreign Minister Riad Al-Malki said
in an interview with the Russian news agency Sputnik. There
would, however, be one condition. The invitation to meet would
have to come from Russian President Vladimir Putin, "the one
who will create the best conditions for a meeting to take place
and for a meeting to be successful," according to Al-Malki.
CHURCHES DESECRATED in Ongoing Attacks Across Europe
Across Europe, there has been a growing rise in attacks on churches.
Countries like France and Germany have seen a spike in violent
vandalism, desecrating cherished churches and Christian symbols
in recent months and years. According to the German news site
PI-News, every day in France, two churches are desecrated. They
report 1,063 attacks on Christian churches or symbols like crucifixes,
icons, and statues in France in 2018, marking a 17 percent increase
from the year before.
VOTING UNDERWAY in INDONESIA, world's biggest one-day election
Indonesians began voting in the world’s biggest single-day
election on Wednesday as polling stations opened in the east
of the sprawling equatorial archipelago following a six-month
campaign to choose a new president and parliament. Nearly
350,000 police and soldiers will join 1.6 million paramilitary
officers stationed across the country of 17,000 islands to
safeguard the vote. More than 192 million people are eligible
to cast ballots in national and regional legislative elections being
contested by more than 245,000 candidates.
EGYPT CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES could mean Sisi rule
until 2030
Egypt's parliament has approved constitutional amendments
that would allow President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to stay in
power until 2030. Mr. Sisi is due to stand down in 2022,
when his second four-year term ends. But the amendments,
which must be put to a referendum within 30 days, would
lengthen his current term to six years and allow him to stand
for one more. They would also give Mr. Sisi more power over
the judiciary and further enshrine the military's role in politics.
BELARUS COULD BE RUSSIA’s NEXT BIG
GEOPOLITICAL TARGET
Russia’s geopolitical projection has shifted over the
past two decades. The country has tried to reverse
its losses in Ukraine and the South Caucasus, but it
is in Belarus that Moscow will most likely try to
further extend its leverage to keep the EU and NATO
at bay.
MAYBE REPROCESSING ACTIVITY at North Korea
nuclear site: U.S. researchers
Satellite images from last week show movement at North
Korea's main nuclear site that could be associated with the
reprocessing of radioactive material into bomb fuel, a U.S.
think tank said on Tuesday.
COLUMBINE AND OTHER COLORADO SCHOOLS
placed under security alert
Authorities in Colorado placed Columbine High School and
more than 20 surrounding public schools under a “lockout”
security alert on Tuesday, citing the investigation of an
unspecified “credible threat.”
Annex Judea and Samaria
“We believe that it will lead to greater conflict between
Israelis and Palestinians, severely undermine, if not
entirely eradicate, the successful security coordination
between the State of Israel and the Palestinian Authority,
and galvanize efforts such as the Boycott, Divestment,
and Sanctions movement that are intended to isolate and
delegitimize Israel,” stated the letter released on Friday,
acquired by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “It will create
intense divisions in the United States and make unwavering
support for Israel and its security far more difficult to maintain.
PA FM: 'ABBAS READY TO MEET NETANYAHU WITH NO
PRECONDITIONS'
Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, is
prepared to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
with no preconditions, PA Foreign Minister Riad Al-Malki said
in an interview with the Russian news agency Sputnik. There
would, however, be one condition. The invitation to meet would
have to come from Russian President Vladimir Putin, "the one
who will create the best conditions for a meeting to take place
and for a meeting to be successful," according to Al-Malki.
CHURCHES DESECRATED in Ongoing Attacks Across Europe
Across Europe, there has been a growing rise in attacks on churches.
Countries like France and Germany have seen a spike in violent
vandalism, desecrating cherished churches and Christian symbols
in recent months and years. According to the German news site
PI-News, every day in France, two churches are desecrated. They
report 1,063 attacks on Christian churches or symbols like crucifixes,
icons, and statues in France in 2018, marking a 17 percent increase
from the year before.
VOTING UNDERWAY in INDONESIA, world's biggest one-day election
Indonesians began voting in the world’s biggest single-day
election on Wednesday as polling stations opened in the east
of the sprawling equatorial archipelago following a six-month
campaign to choose a new president and parliament. Nearly
350,000 police and soldiers will join 1.6 million paramilitary
officers stationed across the country of 17,000 islands to
safeguard the vote. More than 192 million people are eligible
to cast ballots in national and regional legislative elections being
contested by more than 245,000 candidates.
EGYPT CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES could mean Sisi rule
until 2030
Egypt's parliament has approved constitutional amendments
that would allow President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to stay in
power until 2030. Mr. Sisi is due to stand down in 2022,
when his second four-year term ends. But the amendments,
which must be put to a referendum within 30 days, would
lengthen his current term to six years and allow him to stand
for one more. They would also give Mr. Sisi more power over
the judiciary and further enshrine the military's role in politics.
BELARUS COULD BE RUSSIA’s NEXT BIG
GEOPOLITICAL TARGET
Russia’s geopolitical projection has shifted over the
past two decades. The country has tried to reverse
its losses in Ukraine and the South Caucasus, but it
is in Belarus that Moscow will most likely try to
further extend its leverage to keep the EU and NATO
at bay.
MAYBE REPROCESSING ACTIVITY at North Korea
nuclear site: U.S. researchers
Satellite images from last week show movement at North
Korea's main nuclear site that could be associated with the
reprocessing of radioactive material into bomb fuel, a U.S.
think tank said on Tuesday.
COLUMBINE AND OTHER COLORADO SCHOOLS
placed under security alert
Authorities in Colorado placed Columbine High School and
more than 20 surrounding public schools under a “lockout”
security alert on Tuesday, citing the investigation of an
unspecified “credible threat.”