Today’s Top Stories
1. Defense officials approved a fence along the northern Jordan border to prevent jihadist infiltrations.
Fear of scenarios in which booby-trapped cars speed towards the border or shootings occur prompted the plan, which was drawn up by the Defense Ministry and approved by senior ministry officials.
This stretch of the fence will be located in the southern Golan Heights, close to where the borders of Israel, Jordan and Syria meet.
On Tuesday, Israeli security forces arrested two Palestinians attempting to smuggle firearms across the border from Jordan. The troops seized 20 handguns and five M16 assault rifles. The suspects were taken for interrogation.
2. A Brazilian university rector apologized to Jewish community leaders for seeking an educator to teach ‘Zionism is racism’ as a concept at the ABC Federal University in Sao Paulo.
3. The Knesset passed a contentious law that would allow an MK to be expelled for supporting armed struggle against Israel or racist incitement. Expulsion would require a two-thirds majority, with at least 10 votes coming from the opposition. An expelled MK would also be able to appeal to the Supreme Court. More on the story at YNet and the Times of Israel.
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4. The Alternate Guide to Gaza: Inaccuracies and omissions turn an SBS documentary into very subtle propaganda piece.
5. HonestReporting Prompts New York Times Clarification on Gaza Settlements: The Gray Lady corrects the record after we were in touch with editors.
6. Stabbing in Germany, Stabbing in Israel: Why the Double Standard? A man in Germany tried to murder people with an axe in an attack with parallels to recent Palestinian terror attacks. So why was it reported so differently?
Israel and the Palestinians
• Israelis and Palestinians are disputing the cause of death of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy during a clash in eastern Jerusalem last night. The Palestinians claim that Muhyi Sedqi al-Tabakhi was killed by police gunfire, while a police spokesperson said security forces only fired tear gas and stun grenades.
Here’s one noteworthy piece of context CNN notes, but was overlooked by reports I saw at Reuters and AP:
Israeli border police officers were in Al-Ram to return the body of a suspected Palestinian attacker who was killed in an incident approximately a week ago, she said.
• France named its first female ambassador to Israel. Helene Le Gal replaces Patrick Maisonnave, who steps down in September.
• Shots fired at IDF post near Lebanon border this morning. No injuries reported as army investigates if gunfire was deliberate or accidental.
• Details are scant but Israeli jets reportedly fired on Syrian military posts in the Golan today. Jerusalem Post coverage.
• Developing story out of Africa . . .
Israel is expected to announce re-establishment of diplomatic ties with a Muslim nation in #Africa. Among the candidates: Niger, Chad, Mali
— Raphael Ahren (@RaphaelAhren) July 20, 2016
Around the World
• Turns out UK Jewish students will “no longer have a say on who represents them in the National Union of Students (NUS)’ Anti-Racism, Anti-Facist taskforce,” the Daily Telegraph reports.
But from now on the Jewish member will be decided by the National Executive Council (NEC) and President Malia Bouattia, after the NUS passed a motion that brought the changes to effect.
The Union of Jewish Students (UJS) have condemned the decision saying that it is just another example of “Jews being pushed out of university life.”
Bouattia’s election to head of the NUS in April, 2016, created a firestorm of controversy over her various comments in support of Palestinian terrorism and the BDS movement. The NUS is an umbrella organization of some 600 British student unions representing seven million students.
Commentary/Analysis
• Nuclear arms control expert Emily Landau explained the newly disclosed add-on document to the Iranian nuclear accord, and the problems it raises for enforcement with i24 News.
• Here’s what else I’m reading today . . .
– Amb. Alan Baker: International funding of salaries to terrorists
– Samuel Ramani: The Israel-Kazakhstan partnership
– Rabbi Abraham Cooper: Wanted: A UK Brexit for widespread anti-Jewish bias
– Wall St. Journal: Tehran teaches its children (staff-ed, click via Google News)
– Abdulrahman Al-Rashed: The dilemma of eradicating extremism
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