“It’s a very dangerous statement made by a prime minister… If the country is going to unravel, this is the period when it would happen” – Joost Hiltermann, an Iraq expert at the International Crisis Group:
Following the deaths of four Palestinian teenagers shot by IDF forces using live ammunition, Netanyahu announces he will continue to approve construction in East Jerusalem …
- Binyamin Netanyahu Flies to US for Talks with Barack Obama as Killings Raise Tension in West Bank (Guardian)
… Meanwhile, “U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel to end its blockade on Gaza” as Israeli forces target one of the few lifelines available to its suffocating victims:
- Israeli Raid Strikes Gaza Tunnel (Al Jazeera)
Several other relatives of the head of the Assembly of Experts were “held briefly for joining rallies in June, when the unrest first erupted” last June:
Hezb-e-Islami, founded by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, lead a five-member delegation in Kabul to meet with government officials and to meet with Taliban leaders somewhere in Afghanistan:
- 13 Die in Afghanistan Amid Calls for Peace Talks with Insurgents (AP / Washington Post)
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