Today’s Top Stories
1. Eleven people still hospitalized, 1 critical, after bus bombing in Jerusalem.
CNN called the terrorist bombing a “Bus Fire,” but changed its headline after a post and complaint by HonestReporting.
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2. Following earthquakes, Israeli aid workers head to Japan and Ecuador.
3. Washington Post: Dozens killed in attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. Interestingly, the New York Times referred to the attackers as “terrorists,” a word they tend to avoid when talking about attacks in Israel.
Israel and the Palestinians
• Israeli who killed Palestinian last year convicted of murder in Israeli court.
• The Washington Post analyzes the recent wave of terror in Israel. In the comments section, a user calling himself “Dave the Rave” noticed a pattern, “Funny how the data clearly shows that Palestinians stopped being shot when they stopped trying to murder people. One could almost see some kind of cause and effect situation going on.”
• Knesset bill to make “Aliya Day” an official Israeli holiday.
• World Bank urges donors to fulfill Gaza pledges.
• PM Netanyahu talks about defense and peace talks.
Mideast Matters
• Is a quiet detente emerging between Israel and Gulf states? Newsweek thinks so.
• In a surreal statement, a Syrian government negotiator accuses Israel of cooperating with Islamic State.
Around the World
• U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden expressed “overwhelming frustration” with Israeli government.
• Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon and Palestinian envoy Riyad Mansour got into a shouting match at the Security Council, with Danon accusing Palestinians of refusing to condemn terror and Mansour accusing Israel of killing innocent civilians.
• Turns out that Singapore admires Israel, according to Singaporean PM Lee Hsian, who is presently on a landmark visit.
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Commentary/Analysis
• The website Israellycool.com noted that quite a few Palestinian groups are praising and celebrating yesterday’s bus bombing in Jerusalem.
• Hadas Meitzad, Political Counsellor to Israel’s U.N. Mission, delivered remarks at the Security Council’s Middle East Debate. Meitzad criticized the council for focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but ignoring terror against Israelis.
•Times of Israel’s David Horowitz speculates on when the next Gaza war might come.
Featured image: CC BY-NC Gregor Gruber via flickr with additions by HonestReporting
Bus image: Nati Shohat/Flash90
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