Tensions in West Bank threaten Israel-US intelligence cooperation
Top US Gen. Milley delivered "unprecedented message" to Israeli officials, warning that internal chaos and growing tensions in the West Bank could endanger the country’s strategic relations with the United States.
TEL AVIV — Two Israeli Arabs from the towns of Ramle and Kuseife turned themselves in to the police Thursday night, in relation to the shooting attack that took place hours earlier in Tel Aviv.
They are suspected of driving the Palestinian assailant who shot and wounded three people. In parallel, two family members of the assailant, from the West Bank village on Ni’lin, were detained by Israeli security forces.
The pace of the chaos gripping Israel these days seems to be overtaking the rate of Iran’s bomb-grade uranium enrichment. The hectic events on Thursday said it all.
It began with a decision by Israeli air force commander Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar to suspend a highly decorated and respected combat pilot. Bar accused Col. Gilad Peled of lying to him about his alleged involvement in organizing a boycott by his fellow reserve pilots of their weekly training exercise to protest what they regard as an anti-democratic judicial overhaul by the government coalition.
