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Lockdown looms as Israel sees largest 24-hour
corona spike in a month
200 east Jerusalem businesses to be demolished
for ‘Silicon Wadi’
[Silicon Wadi is an area with a high concentration
of high-technology companies on the coastal
plain of Israel, similar to Silicon Valley in the U.S.
state of California, and is the reason Israel] The
chairman of east Jerusalem’s Chamber of
Commerce and Industry called the move a
"racist order" to destroy the only Palestinian
industrial area in east Jerusalem.
Video of Silicon Wadi...move down page and click
on video:
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/200-palestinian-
industrial-buildings-to-be-destroyed-in-east-
jerusalem-629926
Settler mayor: If Netanyahu won’t reveal
annexation plan, we’ll ‘blow it up’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with
Yesha Council leaders at the Prime Minister's Office
in Jerusalem. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
A prominent settler leader told The Times of
Israel Wednesday that he and his colleagues
are prepared to “blow up” Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to annex their
towns in the West Bank — if the premier
persists in refusing to share a map a joint
US-Israeli committee is currently drawing up
to delineate the scope of Israeli sovereignty
beyond the Green Line.
Israel Believes Assad's Syria Is Restarting Its
Chemical Weapons Programs
Bad news for the people of Syria. Virtually all
the state actors in the region find it more
expedient to remain locked in perpetual small-
scale warfare than to take on the political risks
of negotiating in good faith with their adversaries—
a move which could delegitimize them with their
own allies.
Mideast terrorists still receiving salaries
despite law
Banks receiving the terrorists salaries are violating
a law enacted May 9 by Israel in Judea and Samaria,
also known as the West Bank. It regards rewards
for acts of terror as a crime, punishing anyone
involved in the processing of the payments,
including the banks and their employees,
according to the Israel-based Palestinian
Media Watch.
Iran's Ahmadinejad tweets N-word over George
Floyd death, quotes Tupac
Iran's then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
(photo credit: Reuters/Murad Sezer)
Ahmadinejad wrote on his official Twitter
account, "The scheme of the world powers
is to cause disunity in order to keep all
societies under control. The killing of
#GeorgeFloyd was deeply disturbing &
upsetting & is the result of the current world
order which we all must unite against."
Libya in spotlight as Russia and Turkey haggle
Members of Libya's internationally recognized
government (photo credit: Reuters/Hazem Ahmed)
Moscow and Turkey both posture to shore up
their role in the country. Meanwhile, Egypt,
Greece and the UAE are seeking broader
cooperation against Turkey.
Calls for Conference on Future of Europe to be
launched ‘as soon as possible’
Photo credit: Press Association
The European Parliament will be asked to adopt
a resolution at its next plenary later this month
calling for the Conference on the Future of
Europe to be launched “as soon as possible.”
The forum, which has been keenly championed
by French President Emmanuel Macron, must
be “at full speed” by the end of the year. It is due
to last two years and lead to wide-ranging reform
of the EU.
Taliban, al-Qaeda retain ties despite US-Taliban
deal, UN monitors say
A captured insurgent is presented to the media after
he was detained with car explosive devices in
Afghanistan (photo credit: Reuters/Parwiz)
"The Taliban regularly consulted with al-Qaeda
during negotiations with the United States and
offered guarantees that it would honor their
historical ties," they said in a report to the U.N.
Security Council, saying ties stemmed from
friendship, intermarriage, shared struggle and
ideological sympathy.
Cyclone Nisarga: India's Mumbai escapes its
worst cyclone in decades
Residents were told to stay indoors, and some
moved to higher ground
Unlike India's eastern coast, cyclones are unusual
on the country's western shore. Nisarga on the
western coast of India comes barely two weeks
after Cyclone Amphan struck, devastating parts
of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) on the east coast.
Who incites the protesters against US Jews?
Riots in Los Angeles, California (Reuters)
Anti-Israel groups are doing their best to compare
or even blame the Jewish State for Floyd’s death
and the state of race relations in the US. Jewish
stores and businesses were ransacked in Los
Angeles, along with graffiti calling on Americans
to “kill the Jews.”
Q&A With Current Astronauts on Space Station
Click here: A DAY IN THE LIFE ABOARD THE SPACE STATION
corona spike in a month
200 east Jerusalem businesses to be demolished
for ‘Silicon Wadi’
[Silicon Wadi is an area with a high concentration
of high-technology companies on the coastal
plain of Israel, similar to Silicon Valley in the U.S.
state of California, and is the reason Israel] The
chairman of east Jerusalem’s Chamber of
Commerce and Industry called the move a
"racist order" to destroy the only Palestinian
industrial area in east Jerusalem.
Video of Silicon Wadi...move down page and click
on video:
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/200-palestinian-
industrial-buildings-to-be-destroyed-in-east-
jerusalem-629926
Settler mayor: If Netanyahu won’t reveal
annexation plan, we’ll ‘blow it up’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with
Yesha Council leaders at the Prime Minister's Office
in Jerusalem. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
A prominent settler leader told The Times of
Israel Wednesday that he and his colleagues
are prepared to “blow up” Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to annex their
towns in the West Bank — if the premier
persists in refusing to share a map a joint
US-Israeli committee is currently drawing up
to delineate the scope of Israeli sovereignty
beyond the Green Line.
Israel Believes Assad's Syria Is Restarting Its
Chemical Weapons Programs
Bad news for the people of Syria. Virtually all
the state actors in the region find it more
expedient to remain locked in perpetual small-
scale warfare than to take on the political risks
of negotiating in good faith with their adversaries—
a move which could delegitimize them with their
own allies.
Mideast terrorists still receiving salaries
despite law
Banks receiving the terrorists salaries are violating
a law enacted May 9 by Israel in Judea and Samaria,
also known as the West Bank. It regards rewards
for acts of terror as a crime, punishing anyone
involved in the processing of the payments,
including the banks and their employees,
according to the Israel-based Palestinian
Media Watch.
Iran's Ahmadinejad tweets N-word over George
Floyd death, quotes Tupac
Iran's then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
(photo credit: Reuters/Murad Sezer)
Ahmadinejad wrote on his official Twitter
account, "The scheme of the world powers
is to cause disunity in order to keep all
societies under control. The killing of
#GeorgeFloyd was deeply disturbing &
upsetting & is the result of the current world
order which we all must unite against."
Libya in spotlight as Russia and Turkey haggle
Members of Libya's internationally recognized
government (photo credit: Reuters/Hazem Ahmed)
Moscow and Turkey both posture to shore up
their role in the country. Meanwhile, Egypt,
Greece and the UAE are seeking broader
cooperation against Turkey.
Calls for Conference on Future of Europe to be
launched ‘as soon as possible’
Photo credit: Press Association
The European Parliament will be asked to adopt
a resolution at its next plenary later this month
calling for the Conference on the Future of
Europe to be launched “as soon as possible.”
The forum, which has been keenly championed
by French President Emmanuel Macron, must
be “at full speed” by the end of the year. It is due
to last two years and lead to wide-ranging reform
of the EU.
Taliban, al-Qaeda retain ties despite US-Taliban
deal, UN monitors say
A captured insurgent is presented to the media after
he was detained with car explosive devices in
Afghanistan (photo credit: Reuters/Parwiz)
"The Taliban regularly consulted with al-Qaeda
during negotiations with the United States and
offered guarantees that it would honor their
historical ties," they said in a report to the U.N.
Security Council, saying ties stemmed from
friendship, intermarriage, shared struggle and
ideological sympathy.
Cyclone Nisarga: India's Mumbai escapes its
worst cyclone in decades
Residents were told to stay indoors, and some
moved to higher ground
Unlike India's eastern coast, cyclones are unusual
on the country's western shore. Nisarga on the
western coast of India comes barely two weeks
after Cyclone Amphan struck, devastating parts
of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) on the east coast.
Who incites the protesters against US Jews?
Riots in Los Angeles, California (Reuters)
Anti-Israel groups are doing their best to compare
or even blame the Jewish State for Floyd’s death
and the state of race relations in the US. Jewish
stores and businesses were ransacked in Los
Angeles, along with graffiti calling on Americans
to “kill the Jews.”
Q&A With Current Astronauts on Space Station
Click here: A DAY IN THE LIFE ABOARD THE SPACE STATION