Israel Levels East Jerusalem Land for 'National Park'
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16 million.Amount of shekels (=$4.5 million) the state of Israel will spend on developing a national park in the midst of the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, known by some Jews as Ir David, the City of David.
- Israel to spend millions on Jewish sites in East Jerusalem - The government and the Jerusalem municipality are teaming up to fund development in the City of David and at a mikveh in the Arab neighborhood of Jabal Mukkaber. (Haaretz+)
- Israeli and Palestinian police chiefs pledge deeper cooperation - Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian police chiefs conclude three-day summit in West Bank city of Jericho on Wednesday, hailing progress. Palestinian police chief invites Israeli Commissioner Yohanan Danino to give lecture to PA police officers. (Israel Hayom)
- PM names deputy Mossad chief next national security adviser - Yossi Cohen, a veteran of 30 years in the defense establishment, to replace retiring National Security Adviser Maj. Gen. Yaakov Amidror. Prime Minister Netanyahu: Cohen is uniquely qualified for the job. Cabinet to vote on appointment on Sunday. (Israel Hayom)
- Anti-Hamas movement emerges in Gaza - Group calling itself 'rebellion against tyranny' inspired by Egypt's Tamarod movement calls for mass protests against Gaza rulers. (Maan)
- Senior faculty at West Bank's Ariel University threaten strike over pay - Following the controversial decision to give university status to the Israeli academic institution, the professors want more money. (Haaretz+)
- Jerusalem city council hopeful's campaign platform: Get Arabs out of our parks - Right-wing activist Aryeh King wants to improve quality of life in Jerusalem's peripheries, and is playing up the race card to appeal to voters. (Haaretz+)
- Israel levels East Jerusalem land for 'national park' - Israeli bulldozers leveled around 20,000 square meters of Palestinian land in the Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Tur on Wednesday for a 'National Park,' which would separate the neighborhoods of al-Tur and al-Isawiya, diminish the possibility of future expansion for Palestinian villages in the area, and facilitate the link between Jerusalem and the Maale Adumim and E1 settlement area. (Maan)
- Lieberman: Erdogan following in footsteps of Goebbels - Former FM slams Turkish PM for comments in which he claimed Israel behind Egyptian turmoil. 'Everyone who hears hateful incitement understands beyond doubt that Erdogan following in footsteps of Goebbels,' Lieberman insists. (Ynet)
- Steinitz: Israeli intelligence believes Assad gassed civilians - Israel concerned about U.S.'s "flexible red line" regarding Assad's use of chemical weapons and how it may affect regional deterrence and other conflicts, such as the Iranian nuclear threat. (Israel Hayom)