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Hamas Test-Fires Several Rockets From Gaza Into Mediterranean Sea
31 March, 2016 |
10 years ago
Hamas fighters in Gaza reportedly test-fired several rockets that were launched in the direction of the Mediterranean Sea.
The reported tests occurred in the background of recently discovered efforts by Hamas to rebuild its tunnel infrastructure that was decimated during Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014. This past winter, many of the rebuilt tunnels have collapsed and have been flooded by rainstorms.
Israel and Palestinian Authority Security Officials Reportedly Meet In Jerusalem
31 March, 2016 |
10 years ago
According to Palestinian sources, there was a meeting last night in Jerusalem between senior security officials of both Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The meeting reportedly dealt with maintaining existing security arrangements between Israeli and the Palestinian Authority.
The meeting was conducted against the backdrop of a wave of terror attacks since October of 2015 as well as international efforts to restart the negotiation process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
MK Livni Hopes For Speedy Conclusion to Investigation of Zionist Union Head Herzog
31 March, 2016 |
10 years ago
Responding to recent reports circulating that Zionist Union Chairman Issac Herzog was allegedly involved in a scandal of campaign financing irregularities in the 2013 Labor primaries, MK Tzipi Livni, who sits in the second slot of the Zionist Union’s list of Members of Knesset, expressed tacit support earlier today, for her faction’s chairman as well as a desire for the episode to come to a conclusion.
“I hope that the investigation will soon end and that the matter will be behind us,” said Livni.
Livni made her remarks at the Israel Institute of Surveyors’ annual conference.
Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid Praises US State Dept. Criticism of UN Human Rights Council
31 March, 2016 |
10 years ago
Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid praised the US State Department for its condemnation of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s calling to blacklist Israeli and international companies that conduct business in Judea and Samaria.
“It’s good to see that the hypocrisy of the UN Human Rights Council and its unilateralism towards Israel is not lacking in the eyes of our friends in the world,” Lapid reacted.
Police Summons B’tselem Photographer who Filmed Killing of Terrorist in Hebron
31 March, 2016 |
10 years ago
Emad Abu Shamsieh, the photographer who filmed the controversial video of an IDF soldier shooting a wounded terrorist in Hebron on March 24, has been summoned for questioning at the Hebron police, according to B’tselem spokeswoman Sarit Michaeli.
According to Abu Shamsieh’s lawyer, Gaby Lasky, the police did not offer an explanation as to why he had been summoned.
