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One person wounded in Hebron stabbing attack
22 October, 2018 |
7 years ago
One person has been lightly wounded in a stabbing attack in Hebron, near the Cave of the Patriachs.
The terrorist has been neutralized.
Security Cabinet vote to postpone Khan al-Ahmar demolition
21 October, 2018 |
7 years ago
The Security Cabinet on Sunday voted in favor of postponing the evacuation and demolition of the Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar.
A decision was also made to continue talks with residents of the village.
It’s believed that aside of Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, both from The Jewish Home party, the cabinet voted in favour of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s proposal to postpone.
“In accordance with expert recommendation, the cabinet will allow an extension of several weeks for negotiations over the consensual evacuation [of Khan al-Ahmar],” a statement from the Prime Minister Office read.
On Sunday morning, Netanyahu said that Khan al-Ahmar “will be evacuated,” amidst reports on Saturday that the decision had been postponed.
The remarks were made during a meeting with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.
“This is our policy and it will be carried out. I have no intention of delaying this [evacuation] until further notice, contrary to what is being reported [in the media], but for a short period,” he said. “The length of time in which it will be possible to try to evacuate it by agreement [from the residents] will be decided upon by the Security Cabinet. I will convene it today. We will decide; it will be short and I believe it will also be by agreement.”
Jordan’s King Abdullah II cancels parts of Peace Agreement with Israel
21 October, 2018 |
7 years ago
Jordan’s King Abdullah II announced on Sunday that his country has informed Israel about its decision to cancel the appendices to the 1994 Peace Agreement, which concerns Naharayim and the horn enclave in the Arava region.
The decision comes following recent mass demonstrations held in Jordan’s capital Amman in which protesters demanded that the lands of Baqoura (Naharayim) and Ghumar (in the Arava region) be returned to Jordanian hands.
Netanyahu says Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar will be evacuated
21 October, 2018 |
7 years ago
Despite a postponement, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday morning that the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar “will be evacuated.”
The remarks were made during a meeting with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.
“This is a court decision and it will be carried out,” said Netanyahu. “I have no intention of postponing this evacuation until further notice, but rather for a short and defined amount of time… It will be short, and I believe it will be with consent.”
He said the matter would be discussed and addressed during a set Cabinet meeting.
Knife-wielding Palestinian arrested near Jerusalem
20 October, 2018 |
7 years ago
A 20-year-old Palestinian man was arrested by Border Police in the community of Har Adar some 15 kilometers west of Jerusalem Saturday morning. A knife was found nearby to the spot where the man was arrested. He later told security forces that he had planned to carry out a stabbing attack. In September 2017, two security guards and a Border Police officer were killed in a shooting attack on a checkpoint at the entrance to Har Adar.
