ירושלים, ישׂראל – 23 דעצעמבער, 2016

Jerusalem, Israel – 23 December, 2016

פֿון אָדם גרוזמאַן

Published December 23, 2016, issue of December 28, 2016.
Israel avoids a UN Security Council vote on the legality of its settlements in the West Bank – a vote that the US was expected not to veto by convincing the Egyptian government not to propose it; Donald Trump speaks with the Egyptian President and convinces him not to propose the resolution; Israeli cities go on strike to protest the terms of the deal with the settlers in Amona; the residents of Amona will be evacuated on February 8th; an Israeli woman was killed in the terrorist attack in Berlin; Hamas blames Israel for the assassination for one of its drone-makers; an Arab Knesset member is accused of giving cell phones to terrorists; Netanyahu asks the Israeli government to find a way to help civilians in Aleppo; former Israeli president Moshe Katsav is released from jail; Israel signs a memorandum of understanding with Poland regarding the history of the Holocaust.

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