Nowhere to Hide
"One must keep in mind that countries will agree to help us and send portable housing units at times of massive natural disasters such as earthquakes or fires, but I doubt this will be the case during a war."
Home Front Protection Minister Matan Vilnai on new preparations for an all-scale war.
- South Sudan migrants detained; Yishai: Nowhere to hide - Immigration Authority gave South Sudan nationals until Thursday to leave country voluntarily, but eight of them have already been apprehended. Interior minister: We'll locate all of them. (Ynet)
- Knesset to mark Armenian genocide, day before release of Gaza flotilla report - Recognition of Armenian genocide perpetrated by Turkey comes alongside Turkish lawsuit against senior Israeli officials involved in IDF raid on the Gaza-bound ship, the Mavi Marmara. (Haaretz)
- Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial desecrated with anti-Semitic slogans - Vandals spray-painted slogans such as 'Hitler, thank you for the Holocaust' on the walls of the Holocaust museum. (Haaretz)
- IDF approved transfer of 130 thousand liters of gasoline to Gaza - Gas was donated by government of Qatar to lower the number of power cuts. (Maariv, p. 10)
- Operation Jonathan underway - President Peres in US to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom, work to secure Jonathan Pollard’s release; some 70,000 Israelis sign a petition calling to free him. (Ynet)
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Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is associate professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. His new book, The Crisis of Zionism, was published by Times Books in April 2012.
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