Either Way, Bibi Wins

“Where are the Palestinian residents who petitioned the court against the agreement? You are negotiating and where are they? They don’t exist?”
—Justice Miriam Naor slams the State of Israel.

• Hundreds of Beitar Jerusalem fans beat up Arab workers in mall; no arrests - Despite CCTV footage, no one arrested after the incident at Malha shopping center on Monday; Jerusalem police say arrests not made because no complaints filed. (Haaretz)
  
• Poll: Half the Palestinians support Marwan Barghouti for president - Barghouti was sentenced in Israel to five life sentences. Palestinian Authority presidential elections are expected to be this year. (Maariv—Hebrew)
  
• Britain bans ad promoting tourism to Israel for blurring 1967 borders - Ad, promoting book on northern Israel, evokes no less than 350 complaints to the ASA, which oversees and regulates the advertising industry in the U.K. (Haaretz)
  
• Europe’s judgment day - After a 32-hour siege, the terrorist from Toulouse was shot to death. Report: he visited Israel in the past (Maariv—Hebrew)
• A Yedioth poll shows that if no matter whether Livni or Mofaz wins, Likud led by Netanyahu will still get 29 mandates. Here are the rest:

                                   Livni      Mofaz
            Kadima            15             12
            Yair Lapid         13            14
            Israel Beitenu   12            14
            Labor                13            13
            Shas                   9              8
            Meretz                4              5
            Arieh Deri           2              2
            Barak                  0              0

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