War Day #163: Israel News Roundup

Sunday, March 17

Quote of the Week:

“All Muslims must travel to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and confront the occupation during Ramadan.” Mufti of Palestine Muhammad Hussein

Top News:

* A Regavim Report showed how many Palestinian Authority armed personnel are terrorists.

https://www.regavim.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/regavimTerrorReportEng1202.pdf

https://m.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792133

* Hamas calling for confrontation on the Temple Mount

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/hamas-calls-for-confrontation-against-israel-in-jerusalem-b152e8f1?mod=mhp

Intelligence failures re Hamas camera and cell phone hacking

https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/03/13/jaw-dropping-findings-how-hamas-compromised-security-cameras-in-the-runup-to-oct-7/

You can track humanitarian aid into Gaza here:

https://govextra.gov.il/cogat/humanitarian-efforts/home/

A 10:1 hostage deal on the table.

https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-791645

Terrorism - yikes, this is five times as long as usual. Happy Ramadan.

* 20 East Jerusalem residents were arrested for incitement and supporting terrorism on Sunday, the first day of Ramadan; 13 Israeli Arabs, all from Sachnin, were charged with planning terror attacks for Hamas; a Jenin resident was eliminated in Zeita on his way to Israel in order to carry out a suicide attack; a suicide attack in Tel Aviv by two Jenin terrorists using high-power explosives averted; a northern Samaria terrorist operation averted; five terrorists threw firebombs at Rte 436; two wounded in a stabbing at the entrance to Jerusalem by a 15-year-old West Bank Palestinian; four stabbed, one of whom was a soldier who died, in the south near Netivot by a Gazan native who had obtained Israeli citizenship; Hebron terror attack averted; pipe bombs seized in East Jerusalem; two Palestinian workers attacked a woman and her baby in a Rami Levy Supermarket, and were subdued; Hamas-affiliated imam fired into Hebron civilians.

Outside of Israel:

* Three Palestinian terrorists were arrested in Italy; Ft Lauderdale JCC arson.

And the rest of the news, in roughly chronological order:

* Haredi Chief Rabbi threatens mass exodus

https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-791086

* Palestinians protested the opening of the new Amsterdam Holocaust Museum Sunday.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/netherlands-first-holocaust-museum-finally-opens-with-a-side-of-anti-israel-protests/amp/

* Hezbollah seems to be firing disproportionately towards Israel’s northern Druze villages.

* Plans for a US temporary port to being in humanitarian aid to Gaza, with full Israeli support.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/will-bidens-temporary-port-plan-stop-famine-gaza-2024-03-08/

* Flights apparently halted Tehran Iran to Damascus Syria.

* Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef threatened Haredim would leave Israel if compulsory military service for the haredim was enforced. (Rabbi Yosef’s position is paid for by the state.)

https://m.jpost.com/opinion/article-791240

* Seventy Gazan orphans moved by the IDF from Gaza to Bethlehem.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-said-to-transport-gazan-orphans-to-west-bank-via-israel-without-cabinets-ok/amp/* Jordan reportedly downed a Syrian (ie, Iranian proxy) suicide drone targeting Ben Gurion Airport.

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/artc-iraqi-terror-group-claims-to-target-ben-gurion-airport-in-alleged-drone-strike

* 100+ Lebanese missiles pound northern Israel.

https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-791437

* Matisyahu was canceled again.

https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-791368

* Literary magazines continue anti Israel.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-literary-magazine-retracts-israeli-writers-coexistence-essay-amid-mass-resignations

* India just finalized a new citizenship law that excludes Muslims. The new Citizenship Amendment Act provides a fast track to naturalization for Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians. India has over 200 million Moslems.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/03/15/india-activates-discriminatory-citizenship-law#:~:text=The%20law%20fast%2Dtracks%20citizenship,Muslim%20refugees%20from%20those%20countries.

* Sinwar and Hamas still enjoy widespread support in Gaza.

https://m.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-791831

* Judith Butler, US feminist icon and Berkeley professor, called the October 7 massacre “armed resistance.”

https://m.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-791928

* US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on PM Netanyahu to step down and enable Israel to have elections; Netanyahu retorted that Israel is not a banana republic.

https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792007

* Over half of the Southern evacuees are back home.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-half-of-southern-evacuees-back-home-as-officials-prep-massive-rehabilitation-push/

* The NYC Whitney Museum of American Art displayed an exhibit whose blinking lights spelled out the phrase “Free Palestine.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/arts/design/whitney-biennial-art-palestinians-message-gaza.html

* South Africa to arrest their dual (Israel/SA) citizens who serve in the Israeli army.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna143460

* 80 thousand Muslims prayed Friday in Al-Aqsa for Ramadan, according to Arab sources. (Israeli police said it was 40,000.)

https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/scores-defy-israeli-curbs-to-reach-al-aqsa-mosque-on-ramadans-first-friday-17370995

* Hamas killed the leader of the powerful Doghmush clan in Gaza City, because of their contact with Israel. Israel had been hoping the clans could be part of the post-war Gaza plan.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-said-to-execute-leader-of-gazas-powerful-doghmush-clan/

* Hamas in diving gear in attempted attack in Otef Aza.

https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-791774

Catch up on last week’s most-read pieces:

• Do You Still Love Me?

https://open.substack.com/pub/fernmusing/p/war-day-160-throwback-thursday-do

• Every Day is Groundhog’s Day

https://open.substack.com/pub/fernmusing/p/war-day-159-every-day-is-groundhogs

• Funny Friday

https://open.substack.com/pub/fernmusing/p/war-day-161-funny-friday

• Last Week’s Sunday Round-Up

https://open.substack.com/pub/fernmusing/p/war-day-156-sunday-news-roundup

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Please keep in mind that numbers are sometimes corrected by the press after their initial publication; aka, there might be a disconnect between what the linked article ends up concluding and what I’ve written here.

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