Today’s Top Stories
1. Over Israeli and US objections, Interpol granted full membership to the Palestinians. The organization, which facilitates cooperation among international police in areas such as counter-terror, organized crime, and cyber-crime, easily approved Palestinian membership by a vote of 75-24 with 34 abstentions.
With Palestinian entry, Israel fears the PA use its new status to issue arrest warrants for top Israeli officials.
Moreover, Jerusalem has voiced another central concern that the Palestinian delegation will now be privy to sensitive classified information regarding terrorism and its financing, which may then leak to Hamas or Fatah.
Admitting "Palestine" (PLO/Hamas) to #INTERPOL is like admitting Al Capone to the Chicago Police Department.
— Emmanuel Navon עמנואל נבון (@emmanuelnavon) September 27, 2017
2. Israelis paid their respects as the three Israeli victims of yesterday’s attack were laid to rest. And the Times of Israel visited the mourning tent of Youssef Ottman’s family in the Israeli Arab town of Abu Ghosh.
Meanwhile, Har Adar residents are rethinking employing Palestinians, while an estimated 50,000 Palestinians overall who work in settlements — and their security vetting — are under scrutiny.
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3. Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled gave a keynote speech at a European Parliament event yesterday.
Khaled is still a member of the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which is a designated terror organization. She participated in airline hijackings in 1969 and 1970. More at the JTA and Israel HaYom.
4. What Shocks Israelis (About America) – Israel Insights: Israelis are used to seeing guards in shopping malls and bus stations, but armed police outside a synagogue? It just doesn’t make sense!
In the News
The Syrian war is far from over. But the endgame is already playing out and Bashar Assad’s future looks as secure as ever.
• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threateneds ties with Israel over Jerusalem’s support for Kurdish independence.
And we call this man an ally? We need better friends! https://t.co/b7ujsRVlbV
— Stephen Mansfield (@MansfieldWrites) September 26, 2017
• Ahead of the 2020 Olympics, Japan looks to Israel for counterterrorism expertise.
• A pro-Israel University of Maryland professor who was dismissed after complaining of religious discrimination is planning legal action.
• University of Illinois chancellor slams “anti-Semitic attacks hidden under the guise of anti-Zionist rhetoric.”
Commentary/Analysis
• Har Adar’s on my mind:
– Steve Leibowitz: My safe and peaceful Har Adar
– Ido Aharoni: Why the Har Adar attack was so dramatic for those of us who live here
– Ron Ben-Yishai: The lessons Israel should learn from the Har Adar terror attack
– Avi Issacharoff: A terror attack born of personal crisis
– Yoav Limor: Unusual attack, limited solutions
– Herb Keinon: Har Adar attack pours cold water on Greenblatt peace effort
• Here’s what else I’m reading today . . .
– Yoaz Hendel: Kurds and Palestinians? There’s no comparison
– Bassam Tawil: Palestinian ‘reconciliation’: Jihad is calling!
– Dennis Ross: Memories of an anti-Semitic State Department
– Ariel Bolstein: Russia’s tacit support for Kurdistan
– James Kirchick: Valerie Plame’s real blunder
– Times of London (staff-ed): Labour and anti-Semitism
– Richard Littlejohn: Once in the shadows, anti-Semitism is now entrenched at the poisoned heart of the Labour Party
– Karen Pollock: How many more times must we condemn anti-Semitism in Labour?
– Dore Gold: Inspections and monitoring: The weak link in the Iranian nuclear deal
• Last but not least, I wonder what this emerging spin means for Palestinian branding as the supposedly most oppressed people on the face of the Earth:
– The Rohingya are the new Palestinians
– Are the Rohingyas the Palestinians of Southeast Asia?
– Rohingya ethnic cleansing: A painful reminder of the Palestinian tragedy
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