Israel Approves Hundreds of Settlement Housing Plans The Media Line Staff 01/18/2021
Israel has advanced plans to approve nearly 800 housing units in West Bank settlements days before the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden.
The Higher Planning Council of The Civil Administration on Sunday gave its final approval for 265 housing units and preliminary approval for another 415 in several Jewish settlements built on land captured during the 1967 war, according to reports. The housing units are in 12 settlements, including Tal Menashe, the home community of Esther Hurgan, 52, a mother of 6, who was killed by a Palestinian terrorist while she was jogging in the nearby Reihan Forest in the northern West Bank. More than 200 of the units are slated for the West Bank outpost of Nofei Nehemia, and about 400 units in Beit El, Evyatar, Shavei Shomron, Oranit, the Barkan Industrial Zone, and Karnei Shomron.
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Tensions between the Jewish state and Islamic Republic, while generally high, have risen significantly since the November 27 assassination of chief Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. The targeted killing was largely attributed to Israel’s Mossad spy agency, prompting Tehran to threaten to retaliate.
IDF chief Aviv Kochavi on Monday vowed that Jerusalem would respond “whether near or far” to any attack, emphasizing that, “if Iran and its partners, members of the radical axis, either directly or by proxy, take action against the State of Israel, they will find themselves in a very costly endeavor.”
All of this, meanwhile, comes against the backdrop of the upcoming one-year anniversary (January 3) of the assassination in a US drone strike of former Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.
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How much longer until Israel heads into a third lockdown? That is the question many people are asking. According to Channel 12 News, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to enact a nationwide closure in a bid to arrest the climb of coronavirus infections, and wants it to commence within a matter of days, The Times of Israel reported on Sunday.
The news comes on the heels of the latest coronavirus statistics, in which Israel documented 2,821 new infections and a positive test ratio at 4.1%. The coronavirus cabinet is also preoccupied with the potential arrival of a virus mutation from abroad, notably from the UK. That particular strain is believed to be significantly more infectious, but not more fatal.
Israeli Woman Who Went Jogging Found Dead in West Bank Forest The Media Line Staff 12/21/2020
Israel Police and the Israel Security Agency, or Shin Bet, are investigating the death of an Israeli woman whose body was found in the Reihan Forest in the northern West Bank a day after she left her home in the Tal Menashe settlement to go jogging. Her family reported her missing on Sunday evening. Her body was found early on Monday morning.
The woman was identified as Esther Hurgan, 52, a mother of 6. Police said her body showed signs of violence, but did not identify the apparent murder as a terror attack saying it was investigating all possibilities. Israel’s Channel 12 reported that her head was smashed with a rock.
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