Menachem Ordman, a 33-year-old Jew and father of five who was wounded Tuesday afternoon in the shooting attack in northern Samaria was shot while he was talking on the phone and parked with his car in the intersection between the settlement of Mevo Dotan and Harmesh, near the Palestinian village of Ya'ebd.
Read more: Israeli Shot At Point-Blank Range By Palestinians Tells His Harrowing Tale
The Chairman of the Constitution Committee, MK Simcha Rothman, appealed Monday evening to Foreign Minister Eli Cohen to investigate a suspected breach of trust by employees of the Israeli Embassy in France in relation to their conduct towards Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during his recent visit to Paris.
Read more: Simcha Rothman Says Israeli Embassy Workers Mistreated Smotrich In France
The terrorist organization Hamas issued a statement amid the ongoing rising crime and homicide in Arab society within Israel and pointed to the Israeli government as being responsible for the situation. "We in the Islamic resistance movement Hamas follow with great concern the chain of killings and crimes among our people in our occupied territories of 1948, which have resulted in more than 100 victims since the beginning of this year."
Read more: Hamas Blames Israel For Illegal Weapons In Israeli-Arab Communities
Against the background of medical reports indicating that Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas known amongst Palestinians and Israelis as 'Abu Mazen', is not healthy enough to fulfill his duties, after his doctor visited him several times during the past month, Israel and the political groups in the Palestinian Authority are preparing for the day after his death; according to a report published today in the Lebanese "Al Akhbar" newspaper.
Read more: Deterioration In Mahmoud Abbas' Health Has Israel On Edge
Five people were shot dead Thursday afternoon in the village of Yafia near Nazareth, in an incident caused by a conflict between rivaling criminal gangs in the Israeli-Arab sector. According to the report of the medical officials, the injured were taken to the English Hospital in Nazareth in critical condition and unconscious, where they were pronounced dead.
Read more: Five Dead In Arab-Israeli Gang-Related Shooting Near Nazareth
