Israel Hayom Newsletter in English • August 9, 2022

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Israel Hayom Newsletter in English • August 9, 2022

 

Israel Hayom
Newsletter Tuesday, August 9, 2022
‘Israel achieved its main goals in Operation Breaking Dawn’
Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz hold a joint press conference summing up the counterterrorism campaign against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip.
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Opinions
A victory for who?
by Yoav Limor
August 9, 2022
The next challenge is just around the corner
by Oded Granot
August 9, 2022
Lapid and Gantz’s love-hate relationship
by Mati Tuchfeld
August 9, 2022
Gaza fighting changes nothing about Israel’s image struggle
by Jonathan S. Tobin
August 9, 2022
Top Stories
EU submits ‘final’ draft for new Iran nuclear deal as Tehran drags its feet
by Reuters and ILH Staff August 9, 2022
„Iran is not at a stage to talk about finalizing the deal … We have given our preliminary considerations to the proposals made by the EU,” Iranian Foreign Ministry official tells IRNA news site.
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‘State couldn’t care less that Jewish heritage sites are being destroyed’
by Hanan Greenwood August 9, 2022
FEATURE: Jewish leaders and groups detail the heartbreaking damage Palestinian looters cause to Jewish historical sites across Judea and Samaria and lament the lack of action by the government they say has a moral responsibility to protect the site.
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More News
IDF eliminates head of al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades in Nablus
by Dana Ben-Shimon, Lilach Shoval and News Agencies August 9, 2022
One of the top operatives in the Fatah-affiliated terrorist group, Ibrahim Nabulsi had previously escaped the IDF twice. Raid comes barely 48 hours into the ceasefire brokered between Israel and the Gaza-based Islamic Jihad.
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After Lapid, el-Sissi stress cooperation, Egypt berates Israel in UN
by Tamir Morag, Shahar Klaiman, i24NEWS and AP August 9, 2022
Interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid thanks Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi for Cairo’s role in brokering a cease-fire with PIJ terrorists in Gaza, and Egypt’s UN envoy goes on to present inaccurate casualty counts from the three-day Operation Breaking Dawn.
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‘Hamas was afraid of losing control over Gaza’
by Dana Ben-Shimon August 9, 2022
Palestinian official, speaking to Israel Hayom, shares some insights about why Hamas opted not to join the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s campaign against Israel.
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Israel re-opens crossings to Gaza Strip as cease-fire holds
August 9, 2022
Fuel trucks can now supply the only power plant in Gaza, which was down to producing about eight hours of electricity a day.
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US hopes Mideast tensions won’t spoil consensus on nuclear issues
by Mike Wagenheim/JNS August 9, 2022
US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins discusses Iran, Syria and the challenges across the Middle East.
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Poll: 68% of Israelis believe Lapid handled Gaza conflict well
by ILH Staff August 9, 2022
Operation Breaking Dawn did little to create a shift in the political blocs ahead of the Nov. 1 elections, and the Right is expected to secure 59 Knesset seats to the Center-Left’s 55.
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Israel, Turkey planning first economic summit in 13 years
by Ariel Kahana August 9, 2022
Bilateral trade between Israel and Turkey amounted to $7.7 billion in 2021.
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Israel tourism rebounds in July, still well below pre-COVID levels
by Reuters and ILH Staff August 9, 2022
Some 250,000 tourist entries were recorded last month, up from just 49,000 a year earlier when Israel’s borders were not fully open. In July 2019, a record year for tourism, the country attracted 323,000 visitors.
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IRGC chief says Palestinians ‘not alone’ in fight against Israel
by News Agencies and ILH Staff August 9, 2022
Revolutionary Guards Commander Gen. Hossein Salami slams the IDF’s counterterrorism campaign against the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad in Gaza, says Israel „once again showed its occupying and aggressive nature.”
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Hate crimes surge in Canada; Jews remain leading target in 2021
by JNS and ILH Staff August 9, 2022
Report by Statistics Canada shows an 47% increse in hate crimes against Jews last year. „Canadian Jews were more than 10 times more likely than any other Canadian religious minority to report being the target of a hate crime. This is alarming,” Shimon Koffler Fogel, president and CEO of the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs, says.
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Avoiding mention of Iran while urging Israeli restraint
by Ruthie Blum August 9, 2022
The facts of Operation Breaking Dawn don’t make the slightest difference to the moral-equivalence choir hot to return to the JCPOA.
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Space tech startups join forces to solve moon oxygen problem
by Noga Martin/ILH Startup Editor August 9, 2022
Israel’s Helios and Eta Space, winners of the Space Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership Grant, combine technologies to extract and store liquid oxygen on the Moon.
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