In a speech before the Jewish Federations General Assembly, PM Netanyahu pledged government and Jewish Agency support for Reform and Conservative Jewish congregations in Israel. Bitan said, “After everything that Pollard has gone through, and in light of his contribution to Israel, the state must ensure that he will live in dignity,” Knesset House Committee Chairman MK David Bitan (Likud) has proposed a bill for the State of Israel to support him financially for the rest of his life. Regardless of where he lives, Pollard’s service to Israel will not be forgotten. Unless something changes, Pollard will be spending the next few years in exile…in New York City. But Obama’s deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, has made it clear that the President will not interfere in the US judicial process, without exception. The only way that the law can be circumvented is if President Obama uses his powers to waive that condition. US law says that he needs to be monitored in the US for five years after his release. But it doesn’t look like he’ll be allowed to join his wife Esther in Israel. Jonathan Pollard, after serving 30 years for spying for Israel, is set to be released within the next two weeks.
While the EU is Israel’s largest trade partner, settlement products make up just a tiny portion of Israeli exports. The good news is that the economic impact of such a measure will likely be minimal, although it could deter some customers from purchasing individual products. He told reporters yesterday,”We cannot conceive it but as some disguised anti-Semitism.” Yuval Steinitz, the Minister or National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources, accused the EU of unfairly singling out Israel when it has not taken similar action toward products made in areas like Chinese-controlled Tibet or Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus. The Ministry called the move “unusual and discriminatory,” claiming that it will only lessen the chances of peace by bolstering the Palestinian Authority’s refusal to hold direct negotiations with Israel. EU Ambassador to Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen was summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem andreprimanded. The EU has adopted a resolution ordering distinct labels for Israeli products made in the West Bank.
After warning him to stop several times, which he refused to do, the officers shot and killed him. A terrorist ran towards Border Police officers at a checkpoint near Abu Dis yesterday, bearing a knife and shouting Allahu Akbar (never a good sign).
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