Today’s Top Stories
1. After an IED on the Gaza border seriously wounded two IDF soldiers, Israel struck 18 targets in the strip: including Hamas weapons-manufacturing sites and training infrastructures.
2. Poland just continues to shock and amaze. The Prime Minister accused Jews (among others) of perpetrating the Holocaust (even as Poland denies any responsibility itself), while a Polish Senate leader encouraged Poles around the world to report on anyone making statements that might hurt “Poland’s good name.” (In light of Poland’s controversial new law, such reports could result in imprisonment if any of those reported on were to ever visit Poland.) Meanwhile, Polish Jews are experiencing what the AP describes as “an eruption of anti-Semitism.”
3. PM Netanyahu, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, held a piece of wreckage from the Iranian drone intercepted over Israel and declared:
We will act if necessary not just against Iran’s proxies but against Iran itself.
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Israel and the Palestinians
• Israel’s Shin Bet security service announced that it foiled a plot by Palestinian Islamic Jihad-linked cell members to assassinate the Defense Minister, reportedly by using a roadside IED.
• As the legal proceedings surrounding Israel’s Prime Minister continue to evolve, this column from the National Post gives some interesting insight.
• Hamas is condemning a U.S. bill that sanctions them for using civilians in Gaza as “human shields.”
• A number of NFL (American football) players are touring Israel. This time last year, some NFL players cancelled a trip after the Israeli Minister of Public Diplomacy touted the trip as a PR coup, before it had even taken place.
Around the World
• Last November, Iranian wrestler Alireza Karimachiani was banned from international competition for intentionally throwing a match in order to avoid competing against an Israeli opponent in the next round. Iran is now contesting the ban, while thousands of Iranians on social media expressed their support for the decision of Karimachiani and his coach.
• Continuing tension mounts between Israel and Lebanon over offshore gas.
• Rumours were flying that John Kerry might be accused of a violation of the Logan Act, due to his meetings with members of the Palestinian government. Yet it turns out the rumours are not true after all.
The Logan Act is an obscure US law that prohibits private citizens from negotiating against US international interests. Last December, rumours flew that Jared Kushner might be investigated for a violation of the Act, for helping to lobby Egypt against the anti-Israel UN Security Council resolution #2334.
Commentary/Analysis
• Could the dispute between Israel and Lebanon over gas erupt into war?
• The coming conflict between Iran and Israel – it may be more complex than you think.
• Here’s what else I’m reading today . . .
– Iran’s Moves in Syria Threaten Region – Peter Brookes
– Palestinian Bid for UN Recognition of Little Value – Israel Kasnett
– Abbas Rejects Jerusalem Suburb Solution for a Palestinian Capital– Nadav Shragai
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