State's main witness passes away; he had been hospitalized several times in the past due to poor health; his death could have a tremendous impact on the case against the former prime minister.
Following Jaradat's death in Israeli jail, human rights investigator Richard Falk says ''when Israel has shown a pattern and practice of prisoner abuse, the need for outside, credible investigation is more urgent than ever.''
Grad explodes in Ashkelon; first such attack by terrorists in Gaza since the ceasefire following Operation Pillar of Defense; no injuries reported, some road damage; Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claims responsibility.
Israeli army soldiers deployed near Hebron as the defense establishment is gearing for another day of potentially violent riots and clashes in the West Bank ahead of Monday’s funeral of Arafat Jaradat, a security prisoner held in an Israeli prison who died from a cardiac arrest.
“There’s a lack of leadership in Israel, or the leadership is indecisive about their ideas or ideology.When it comes to forming the coalition, it is actually about maintaining a job and not about actually doing the job,” says Israeli social justice activist Daphni Leef about the current talks to form a coalition government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
