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Police are accusing four settler youths whose car overturned during a police chase of manslaughter, the Kan public broadcaster reports. The crash during the pursuit led to the death of one of the passengers, Ahuvia Sandak.
The four were lightly injured in the crash when fleeing from police after allegedly throwing rocks at Palestinians in the central West Bank, police said.
The vehicle belonging to so-called hilltop youth flipped over near the Michmash Junction, killing 16-year-old Sandak and injuring the others.
The four have been interrogated on suspicion of manslaughter, Kan says.
But according to Honenu, a legal aid group that often represents far-right settlers, the police car “hit [the settlers’] vehicle with force from behind, and the force of the impact caused their car to run off the road.”
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Despite the political enmity between them, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz have decided to raise the issue of regulating unauthorized West Bank outposts and Bedouin towns at the cabinet meeting today, they say in a joint statement.
Both the outposts and Bedouin areas are seeking government recognition and the supply of utilities.
Settlers at the newly-established wildcast Maale Shai outpost, named for slain Rabbi Shai Ohayon, in footage handed by the residents to Channel 13, August 27, 2020. (Channel 13 screen capture) I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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The full cabinet meeting on imposing a lockdown begins.
Among the disagreements that are expected to rise during the meeting is when the closure should begin. Channel 12 says the Health Ministry recommends it start Sunday, but Blue and White will only back the plan if it’s implemented from the middle of next week. I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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During the virtual cabinet meeting on imposing a third lockdown, Education Minister Yoav Gallant is informed he was exposed to a virus carrier and must enter quarantine, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
Education Minister Yoav Gallant holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, August 6, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90) I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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President Reuven Rivlin, speaking at an Air Force graduation ceremony, terms the upcoming elections Israel’s fourth in two years “our shame.”
“Recently, I heard your commander, the commander of us all, Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi, say words that are important to quote here. ‘Since its creation, the IDF has played a significant role in Israeli society as the people’s army. There is no other army like it in the world, that takes the best of its country’s people, educates them in the principles of loving the country and the state and creates meeting points between the different groups that live here together. Alongside all this, it also teaches its recruits that there is no mission that cannot be accomplished.’ That’s what the Chief of Staff said, and I salute.”