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Netanyahu Extends Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen's Term Israel and the Middle East News Update Monday, July 6 Headlines: ● Israel Ramps up Quarantining, PA Reimposes Lockdown ● IDF Strikes Hamas Targets Following Gaza Rocket Fire ● Former World Leaders Warn Against Israeli Sovereignty Plan ● Abbas Adviser Warns of Third Intifada Over Annexation ● Netanyahu Extends Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen’s Term ● Israel Was Behind Blast at Iran Nuclear Site: Intel Official ● Israel Successfully Launches Ofek 16 Spy Satellite ● Prominent Journalist, Netanyahu Critic, Loses TV Job Commentary: ● Ma’ariv: “The GSS Director Test” - By Ben Caspit ● Yedioth Ahronoth: “From the Depth of His Heart” - By Nahum Barnea S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace 1725 I St NW Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006 The Hon. Robert Wexler, President News Excerpts July 6, 2020 Ynet News Israel Ramps up Quarantining, PA Reimposes Lockdown Israel ordered thousands of people into quarantine as Palestinians in the West Bank returned to life under lockdown after both areas saw surges in coronavirus cases. A statement from the Health Ministry said "many" messages had been sent to Israelis following the renewed involvement of the Shin Bet security agency. So far, tens of thousands of people have been notified they must enter quarantine. West Bank, residents of the PA have been ordered since to remain at home unless they need to purchase food or medicine. Movement between cities and towns is heavily restricted. The lockdown is expected to last five days. Authorities fear that if the renewed outbreak of coronavirus would spiral out of control and could overwhelm its under-resourced health care system. See also ‘‘Netanyahu Says Israel in 'State of Emergency' in Wake of Virus Resurgence’’ (Ynet News) Jerusalem Post IDF Strikes Hamas Targets Following Gaza Rocket Fire Israeli aircraft struck Hamas positions in Gaza after three rockets were fired from the Hamas- run enclave towards southern Israel. IAF jets and helicopters struck an underground facility belonging to Hamas in the northern part of coastal enclave, the IDF said. Two of the rockets, which caused thousands of Israelis in southern Israeli communities to run to bomb shelters twice in less than an hour, landed in open fields and caused no damage. The third was intercepted by the Iron Dome. The rocket fire comes as tensions are high with the blockaded coastal enclave as Hamas and other Gazan terror groups have vowed to oppose Israeli plans to annex parts of the West Bank. IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi has warned that the plans to annex the West Bank could easily lead to tensions along the Gaza Strip. See also ‘‘6 Injured as Settlers and Palestinians Clash in Northern West Bank’’ (Times of Israel) Israel Hayom Former World Leaders Warn Against Israeli Sovereignty Plan A group of former world leaders urged European leaders to keep pressuring Israel against applying sovereignty, warning against complacency after Israel made no move to take over the territory on July 1. The Elders, founded by Nelson Mandela in 2007, said in letters to the leaders of France, Germany, Britain and the EU that they should insist to Israel that sovereignty would have negative political and economic consequences for bilateral and regional relations. The Elders said sovereignty "is fundamentally contrary to the long-term interests of both the Israeli and the Palestinian peoples." They called on EU leaders to consider suspending the 27-nation's Association Agreement with Israel if sovereignty goes ahead in any form. See also ‘‘The Democrats' New Policy That Could See Bernie and Biden Find Middle Ground on Aid to Israel’’ (Ha’aretz) 2 Times of Israel Abbas Adviser Warns of Third Intifada Over Annexation An adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned there was a possibility of a third intifada if the Israeli government goes ahead with its plan to annex parts of the West Bank. The Kan public broadcaster reported that Nabil Shaath told the Arabic-language arm of the France 24 network that Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas are in agreement that there should be a popular uprising if the controversial plan goes ahead. “When things flare up and it becomes a fully-fledged intifada, we will see a combination of forces between Gaza and the West Bank,” Shaath said. The Palestinian adviser also said that he expected the potential uprising to be funded by the Arab world, noting Saudi Arabia sent billions of dollars within the first few days of the Second Intifada, but without further elaborating. The Second Intifada, which erupted in the early 2000s, included waves of suicide bombings and other terror attacks that killed more than 1,000 Israelis. See also ‘‘Is Hamas Facing a New Mutiny?’’ (Jerusalem Post) Ha’aretz Netanyahu Extends Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen's Term Netanyahu announced that he will be extending the term of Yossi Cohen, the head of Israel's Mossad spy agency, by six months. The decision was described in a statement as the result of "the security challenges facing the State of Israel." Cohen is considered close to the prime minister. Among the operations that the Mossad carried out under Cohen’s leadership was the theft of Iranian documents in 2018 that proved that Tehran was working on the development of nuclear weapons. Cohen has represented Netanyahu on a large number of diplomatic missions to Europe, the United States and Arab countries. Three weeks ago, he went to Jordan to convey a message to King Abdullah II from Netanyahu about Israel’s possible moves to annex territory in the West Bank. He is also in close touch with directors of foreign intelligence agencies and has conveyed diplomatic messages condemning Iran. See also ‘‘Mossad Chief’s Term Extended, Amid Speculation of Covert War with Iran’’ (Times of Israel) Times of Israel Israel Was Behind Blast at Iran Nuclear Site: Intel Official A fire that damaged a building used for producing centrifuges at Iran’s Natanz nuclear site was the work of Israel, a Middle Eastern intelligence official told the New York Times. The official said the blast was caused by a powerful bomb. The official said Israel wasn’t linked to several other recent mysterious fires in Iran over the past week. The report came as Iran admitted that Natanz incurred “considerable” damage from the fire last week, as satellite pictures appeared to show widespread devastation at the sensitive facility. Experts assess that the damage from the apparent explosion has set back Iran’s nuclear program by a year, according to Israel’s Channel 13 news. The network said that the lab in Natanz where advanced centrifuges are assembled had been destroyed. See also ‘‘Ashkenazi on Iran Explosions: Our Actions Are Better Left Unsaid’’ (Jerusalem Post) 3 Jerusalem Post Israel Successfully Launches Ofek 16 Spy Satellite Israel launched the new Ofek 16 spy satellite into orbit from a launchpad at Palmachim airbase in central Israel, the Defense Ministry announced. “The Space Administration in the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D), of the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMoD), and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), have successfully launched the "Ofek 16" reconnaissance satellite into space, today at 4:00 AM,” the ministry said in a statement. The "Ofek 16" is an electro-optical reconnaissance satellite with advanced capabilities and was the first launch of an Israeli satellite since Spacecom’s Amos-17 took off from Florida in 2017. Defense Minister Benny Gantz hailed the successful launch, saying that it’s "another extraordinary achievement for the defense establishment, for the defense industries as a whole, and for Israel Aerospace Industries in particular - and that “technological superiority and intelligence capabilities are essential to the security of the State of Israel.” “We will continue to strengthen and maintain Israel's capabilities on every front, in every place,” Gantz added. Ynet News Prominent Journalist, Netanyahu Critic, Loses TV Job A prominent journalist known for breaking diplomatic scoops and critical coverage of Prime Minister Netanyahu received notice he was being dismissed. Barak Ravid, Channel 13 TV’s diplomatic correspondent, was among nearly 40 people who received dismissal letters from the station. Ravid has gained a reputation for breaking stories about Israel’s relations with the U.S., the European Union and other foreign partners. His reporting has upset Netanyahu at times, and the prime minister has publicly rebuked Ravid in the past. A person familiar with the situation on Channel 13 said Ravid’s dismissal letter cited him for having poor “professional results.” Noa Landau, the diplomatic correspondent at the Haaretz daily and a friend of Ravid, said on Twitter that the dismissal has the “scent of a political assassination.” In a statement to Haaretz, Channel 13 said it was dealing with a financial streamlining process that has forced it to “bid farewell to outstanding professionals.” It said the process could be continued “within the organization, not outside it,” due to privacy concerns. See also ‘‘Citing Financial Distress, Israel’s Channel 13 News Fires Dozens of Journalists’’ (Ha’aretz) 4 Ma’ariv – July 6, 2020 The GSS Director Test By Ben Caspit ● Blue and White’s representatives decided this week to take themselves in hand. Their first decision was to stop being afraid of Netanyahu. He wants elections? Let him call elections. The time has come to stop living under the threat of elections. What if the party crashes and burns? Then it will crash and burn. Signs of that decision were visible throughout the entire course of this past week. Blue and White’s representatives began to give more interviews and to distinguish themselves [from their fellow coalition partners]. They stopped being leery of criticizing the rabid attacks on the attorney general. They weren’t wary of speaking up about the state budget.
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