The Palestinian Authority municipality of Sebastia posted on its Facebook page that it has paved a ring-shaped road within the territory of the ancient Samaria archaeological park. In doing so, they destroyed a temple-era wall built by King Herod and defiled a Judean cemetary by tossing dead wild boars into the burial caves.
The terrorist Amir Abu Khadija, who has been referred to in Palestinian media outlets as the "Commander of the Tulkarem Brigade", was killed Thursday morning in an exchange of fire with Israeli forces in the village of Ezbet Shofa. He founded the brigade by leaving the Jenin Brigade a few months ago. Video footage from multiple Israel Defense Forces operations show him shooting at Israeli security forces.
Amidst the backdrop of a multitude of demonstrations across the country, several hundred Israelis gathered in Jerusalem, between the Knesset building and the Supreme Court, to pray. The prayer was not against the judicial reform or for the reform, but a prayer for the entire people of Israel. This prayer for unity was initiated by a number of parties, including the “Brothers in Arms” organization, “Responsible Right”, “the high-tech protest” and “Religious Democratic Zionists”, and it was also attended by yeshiva leaders and pre-military training schools.
Ori Hadomi, entrepreneur and CEO of Mazor Robotics, was interviewed Monday night by an Israeli financial news program and shared about the contacts between Israeli businessmen and European countries that are actively offering incentives and benefits to high-tech workers who agree to leave the Jewish State. “Various contacts have reached out to several senior officials in the Israeli hi-tech industry," said Hadomi in an sign that these nations are trying to pry Israeli companies away from Israel.
The coordinator of government operations in Judea and Samaria, Major General Rasan Aliyan, announced late Monday a series of civil measures for the Palestinian population, with or without Israeli citizenship, on the occasion of the month of Ramadan, in accordance with the recommendation of the security bodies and with the aim of allowing freedom of religious worship for the Palestinian public.
