Back to school

Off to school

Tensions are high as Israel bombed Gaza after the enclave fired missiles into Israel 4 times yesterday .... sending a summer concert into chaos and panic. The PM has ordered fuel supplies to gaza be cut in half as punishment. That's bad news for hospitals and schools and other emergency institutions. Israel does not shy from collective punishment. All these plus the expected retaliation from Syria, Lebanon and Iraq for the other days' bombings .... it's not at all what we want in summer.

By the way the drone that exploded in Lebanon was not israeli but iranian ... as photos prove. Yet lebanese reports are hitching on this fake news to blow hate against Israel and whip up a war. The real fear is not so much Lebanon's threat of an attack but rather that Iran is capable of high-tech drone killers and is exporting them to neighbouring states. This is our greatest fear ... and it was the aim of the other day's bombing in Iraq by Israel because the target was a drone centre.   https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/netanyahu-slashes-gaza-fuel-imports-in-half-after-fourth-rocket-attack-this-month-1.7740939?fbclid=IwAR2hGzE69daQhmlcucZ5FmciejIx_W5H7JDCdaxLni9k5N75UtxN7nZaMxE

It's the first day of school for many students in Palestine. it should be noted that there is no unity in the opening and closing of the academic year ... each school decides on its own. But majority have decided the new school year should begin within this week or next. Some israeli schools also start the new year this week. Almost immediately a contentious issue came to a head ... religious schools wanted to impose sex segregation but parents are fighting it. It was brought to court and the decision overthrew the segregation rule.  https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5575817,00.html?fbclid=IwAR21hGNTIh4xZFEIAPQ64fOoyPbXBYrgGrR3ul1F6nAn0WRoROBFnwYqCog

Just in case you think all the kids are busy going back to school ... a group of ultra-orthodox youths who don't attend regular school ... out of boredom, set fire to 70 spots in forests around the country. All for fun. In any case this is arson and if committed by an arab, it's not just jail term but also destruction of his house. But being ultra-orthodox jews ... we can expect only a slap in the wrist. After all the all powerful rabbis will be protecting these culprits.   https://www.timesofisrael.com/preteens-suspected-of-setting-70-fires-around-beit-shemesh/?fbclid=IwAR15wPSurO5fGe4NAZu5Nq3bNy2FPHrh7J0waH_2HrZ8Aq1-k4kkdObHWXw

Well sex segregation has been imposed in many aspects of life ... now that the ultra-orthodox hold a lot of power under the current government. Concerts, buses, beaches, trains ... everything is game. Secular jews are fighting this and nearly always it's brought to court. One example was yesterday when the court inf Haifa banned a men-only concert for ultra-orthodox.  https://www.timesofisrael.com/judge-shuts-down-men-only-concert-in-haifa/?fbclid=IwAR0U9s29o7jqV4H9W0KetvC5AKIegW4-YATWzcISZyrhDpNwPjTOwukYSAE