Five IDF soldiers were suspended after physically attacking left-wing activists in Hebron, in addition, the Chief of Staff, Aviv Kochavi, released a statement on the matter. Nevertheless, a full-scale police investigation was launched against the protesters who are suspected of inciting the soldiers and undermining the military’s guidelines for protesters.
Read more: IDF Suspends Soldiers Over Hebron Scuffle Caught On Video, Was It A Setup?
The emergency conference for the security of governance and settlement in Israel was held yesterday with the participation of past and present security officials, and others from government and academic circles.
Read more: Is Israel Headed Towards A Civil War? Former IDF General Says Yes
The Israeli Supreme Court discussed this past Wednesday the appeal filed by Muhammad Bakri, the creator of the controversial film "Jenin Jenin", following a defamation suit filed against him in a local district court. The court determined to uphold the lower court rulings but did not change the status of the film's distribution via the online 'YouTube' service owned by Google.
Read more: Supreme Court Upholds Ban On One-Sided 'Jenin Jenin' Documentary
An 18-year struggle against the expansion of the Gush Etzion Israeli settlement of Efrat towards the Palestinian village of Al-Eitam came to an end yesterday with the typically moderate Israeli Supreme Court's rejection of a petition from Palestinian residents of the area and the "Peace Now" movement.
Read more: Surprise! Israel's Supreme Court Rejects Petition To Halt Efrat Construction
In another example of the depravity of Palestinian militants, 18-year-old Tiran Pero, an Israeli-Arab citizen who lives in the Druze town of Daliyat Al Carmel, was killed yesterday after militants took him off life-support in a hospital in the Palestinian Authority-controlled city of Jenin; his body was then kidnapped by the terrorists who belong to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. Pero had been in a car accident after shopping in Jenin and was taken to the hospital in critical condition and placed on life support.
Read more: Arab-Israeli Taken Off Life Support, Body Snatched By Jenin Based Terror Group
