Media Summary
Israel’s defence exports increase as countries look to its counter-terrorism expertise
The Financial Times reports that countries facing threats from jihadi-inspired attacks are increasingly looking to the expertise of Israeli security and defence companies to counter terrorism. The article notes Israel’s “experience contending with bombings, stabbings and other attacks”, and highlights a number of innovative Israeli defence companies: International electronics company Elbit, who have developed a “Wise Intelligence Technology” management system that can alert emergency services if it judges that a terrorist attack is planned; and Israel Aerospace Industries, who offer security packages fusing equipment such as drones and cameras with intelligence gathering, cyber security and command-and-control technology.
The Times features an article by Roger Boyes that argues Britain should “come off the fence and prepare to ban” the Muslim Brotherhood in efforts to combat terror financing.
The Times reports that US President Trump appeared to have expressed his support for the decision of Egypt, Bahrain, Saudia Arabia and the UAE to cut diplomatic ties with Qatar. The President tweeted yesterday that it was “so good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off”, and followed “they said they would take a hardline on funding extremism”.
The Telegraph and the i reports that a judge will rule if a former PoW and Holocaust survivor will be allowed to leave her care home – which she described as making her feel “like a prisoner again in the German concentration camp” – to go on holiday to Israel.
The Telegraph reports that the Trump administration gave a formal notice yesterday of the intention to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council over its “chronic anti-Israel bias”.
The Guardian reports that UN Human Rights Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein called for a quick end to Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories yesterday on the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War. He said the anniversary marked for Palestinians “a half century of deep suffering under an occupation imposed by military force”, and that maintaining the occupation meant “immense pain” for both peoples.
The Israeli media report on a developing story in which shootings took place at the Iranian Parliament and the Khomeini Mausoleum in Tehran.
Yediot Ahronoth, Maariv and Haaretz all report on the high state of alert in Kfar Kassem, following the shooting of a protestor outside a police station on Monday night in which stones were thrown at the stationhouse and police vehicles were set on fire. Kan Radio report that the Israeli Arab Supreme Monitoring Committee has called for a general strike today in the Arab sector.
Maariv reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu will meet with settler leaders against the backdrop of a rift between the two sides over what the settler leadership perceive as too little new settlement building in the West Bank.
Haaretz report that the IDF killed a Palestinian man during clashes by the border fence.
The Times of Israel reports that after an eight-month hiatus, 72 new immigrants from Ethiopia have landed in Israel.
The Times of Israel also reports on comments by State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert who said that President Trump has made Israeli-Palestinian accord ‘one of his top priorities’.
The Jerusalem Post reports that the Saudi Foreign Minister has told Qatar to stop supporting Hamas and other terror groups.