I don't think the sheep can make it over the fences.The land behind the fence is Israel. It is nicely green and lush. Is the land in Lebanon the same way?
March 10, 2016
The Israeli army (click here) has heavily deployed troops and equipment along the Lebanese border and stepped up military activities there, a report from Beirut says.
For the second day on Wednesday, Israeli troops fired tear gas canisters at Lebanese herders and farmers working near the border with the occupied Palestinian territories, The Daily Star reported.
“We were proceeding with our lives normally and everyone was working their land. Then we saw the Israeli patrol and its members begin shooting tear gas at us,” Mustafa Ahmad, one of the herders, said.
Residents said the Israeli army repeatedly shot tear gas canisters during the morning. Hours later, a large number of Israeli troops were stationed in an Israeli settlement across the Lebanese village of Kfar Kila.
According to witness accounts, Israeli troops used trees and shrubs for cover and monitored the movements within Lebanon as motorized patrols were conducted.
Local sources say Israeli patrols along the border have increased in the past week , with soldiers taking up ambush positions in the area....
The attacks were in multiple different cities in Israel. I think the American was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Those attacks would have occurred anyway.
I rarely agree with Pew studies. But, this is probably accurate. Prime Minister Netanyahu was elected by the extreme right wing. There have been changes in schooling children that increase SEGREGATION. The movement in segregation and even expulsion within Israel is troubling.
8 March 2016
The attacks were in multiple different cities in Israel. I think the American was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Those attacks would have occurred anyway.
Last Updated Mar 8, 2016 8:53 PM EST
Jerusalem -- Palestinian attackers unleashed multiple assaults (click here) on Israeli civilians and police on Tuesday, including an attack in the ancient Mediterranean port city of Jaffa in which an assailant stabbed seven people, killing one man and wounding the others before he was shot and killed, police said.
Israeli police later said the man stabbed to death in Jaffa was an American tourist. Vanderbilt University confirmed that Taylor Force, a graduate student, was fatally wounded....
I rarely agree with Pew studies. But, this is probably accurate. Prime Minister Netanyahu was elected by the extreme right wing. There have been changes in schooling children that increase SEGREGATION. The movement in segregation and even expulsion within Israel is troubling.
8 March 2016
By Peter Beaumont
A major survey of Israeli attitudes (click here) conducted by one of the world’s leading social research centres depicts a country moving further to the right politically, more polarised on the issue of religion, and with about half in favour of “the expulsion or transfer of Arabs”.
Among the most striking findings of the survey, conducted by the highly regarded US Pew Research Centre, was that a slim majority of Israeli Jews “strongly” or “mostly agreed” with the idea that Arabs should be expelled or transferred from Israel. Israeli Arabs make up 19% of the country’s population of 8.4 million.
Twenty-one per cent of those surveyed “strongly agree” with the proposition and 27% “mostly agreed”, giving a total of 48% of Jewish Israelis who support the transfer of Arab citizens. Forty-six per cent said they were opposed. The remaining 6% did not give an opinion.
In addition, the Pew survey reported that:
- Forty-two per cent of respondents believe that continued building of West Bank settlements helps Israel’s security, against 30% who found them harmful.
- Seventy nine per cent believe that Jewish citizens of Israel should have preferential treatment over Arab citizens....
Something is brewing though. There are inflammatory reports about missiles from Iran that can reach Israel imprinted with Jewish writing that condemns Israel. I don't know if that is true. Those reporting it tend to be rhetorical. There is just too much aggression by Israel and as a result Palestine and probably Iran are finding tensions increasing. Netanyahu needs to step back from rhetorical hatred and any potential of ethnic cleansing. Seriously.
Everytime there are tensions and increased incidents Israel takes more land and increases tensions all over again. We have very real problems. Israel should never be this extreme in it's governance. Netanyahu should have been defeated. I think I'd forget the Chicago Blackhawks were at the White House, too.
March 9, 2016
By Barak Ravid
Israel will complete construction (click here) of the separation barrier in the Jerusalem area and the southern West Bank following Tuesday's terror attacks, the Prime Minister's Office announced.
During security consultations held by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister's Office said it was immediately decided to close gaps in the separation barrier in the Jerusalem area, and to complete construction of the barrier in the Tarkumiya area in the South Hebron Hills.
Gaps in the separation barrier are used by Palestinians to enter Israel illegally without the proper permits. The assailant behind the Jaffa attack entered Israel illegally, from a West Bank village near Qalqilya. In recent months, opposition chair MK Isaac Herzog (Zionist Union) called on Netanyahu to close the gaps and complete construction of the barrier....
Everytime there are tensions and increased incidents Israel takes more land and increases tensions all over again. We have very real problems. Israel should never be this extreme in it's governance. Netanyahu should have been defeated. I think I'd forget the Chicago Blackhawks were at the White House, too.
March 9, 2016
By Barak Ravid
Israel will complete construction (click here) of the separation barrier in the Jerusalem area and the southern West Bank following Tuesday's terror attacks, the Prime Minister's Office announced.
During security consultations held by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister's Office said it was immediately decided to close gaps in the separation barrier in the Jerusalem area, and to complete construction of the barrier in the Tarkumiya area in the South Hebron Hills.
Gaps in the separation barrier are used by Palestinians to enter Israel illegally without the proper permits. The assailant behind the Jaffa attack entered Israel illegally, from a West Bank village near Qalqilya. In recent months, opposition chair MK Isaac Herzog (Zionist Union) called on Netanyahu to close the gaps and complete construction of the barrier....
