Today’s Top Stories
1. Israel arrested the Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem Governor and a second PA official.
According to Reuters, Governor Adnan Gheith and Jihad Al-Faqeeh, the PA’s head of intelligence in Jerusalem, are suspected of involvement in the abduction of a Palestinian man who the PA claims facilitated the sale of eastern Jerusalem property to Jews. That individual, whose name has not been released, is an Israeli-American national.
2. AP takes a closer look at what the Jamal Khashoggi affair means for the White House’s Mideast peace plans. President Donald Trump was counting on Saudis to help sell his “deal of the century” to the Arab world. But Riyadh’s changing explanations for the Khashoggi’s death in their Istanbul consulate make Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman increasingly radioactive.
3. The IDF uncovered a Hezbollah outpost masquerading as part of a fictitious environmental non-governmental organization. The Times of Israel writes:
The alleged Hezbollah observation post was located in the Lebanese town of Aadaysit Marjaayoun, less than a kilometer from the border and from the Israeli community of Misgav Am, according to the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
4. Antisemitism: Judas Slur on Jewish Voters: A columnist crosses a line by comparing a political appeal to Australian Jewish voters with the betrayal of Jesus.
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In the News
• A Palestinian was shot and killed while stabbing an IDF soldier in Hebron near the Tomb of the Patriarchs this morning.
• Iran and Russia are forcing Israel into a strategic dilemma. How to deal with Tehran’s deliveries of GPS components to make Hezbollah’s rockets more accurate, while also dealing with the uncertainty of how exactly the Russians and Syrians will operate the just-delivered sophisticated S-300PM-2 missile batteries? Analysts discussed the issues with The Media Line.
• The controversy surrounding BDS activist Lara Alqasem has moved from courthouse to college. Ynet reports Hebrew U. students are divided about her presence and campus security has been boosted.
Now that #LaraAlqasem will attend HebrewU her classmates will create empty seats for HebrewU students Leon Kanner and Eddie Joffe. These students won't get a chance to attend. They were murdered by the terrorist and fraudster Rasmea Odeh. Lara organized her support for Odeh. https://t.co/GE44abt6cN
— (((Barbara Mazor))) (@StopBDS_PSFC) October 21, 2018
• A Scottish Jewish lawyer was ordered to take diversity training following a fracas with a BDS activist. Matthew Berlow, of Glasgow, told Scotland’s Herald on Sunday that he will pay the accompanying fine, but will appeal the diversity training requirement.
• President Reuven Rivlin called for ‘Reverse Birthright’ trips to improve Israel-Diaspora ties.
Commentary
• Here’s what else I’m reading today:
– Yossi Yehoshua: Hezbollah sees Israel’s empty threats in Gaza
– Yaakov Lappin: New Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader ‘will seek to satisfy Iran’
– Alexander Yakobson: If Zionism were colonial, it would have ended long ago
– Herb Keinon: Jordan terminating peace treaty annexes is start of a process, not the end
– Raoul Wootliff, Adam Ragson: Dismantling ‘Isle of Peace,’ Jordan chooses hardliners over Israel ties
– Prof. Eyal Zisser: A move that spells weakness
– Avi Issacharoff: Israeli-Jordanian peace deal is strong – despite Amman’s ingratitude
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