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With 102 murders committed in Israel’s Arab sector since the beginning of the year – including 10 in the past three days – Prime Minister Netanyahu asks the Shin Bet to stop the wave of violent crime.

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“Human waste like him should have been behind bars a long time ago,” says MK, noting Barak’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News

Likud MK Nissim Vaturi slammed former prime minister and prominent left-wing activist Ehud Barak on Sunday morning, saying that the one-time premier was guilty of betraying the country.

Referring to Barak, Vaturi told Radio North 104.5 FM that “such a person would be considered a candidate for hanging in other countries, but because Israel is a democracy, a prison sentence of at least 20 years [would be appropriate.]”

Vaturi stressed that “a person like him should be behind bars, and I will file a police complaint against him.”

Shortly after the interview, Vaturi doubled-down on his remarks on Twitter, writing that “when he met 30 times with a pedophile in a place where dozens of minors were harmed, he thought he was not being seen. Now he openly calls for fratricidal war, a coup d’état and violence. Human waste like him should have been behind bars a long time ago.”

Barak was a close associate of Jeffrey Epstein, and has not been transparent about his financial ties to the disgraced financier.

He also admitted to visiting Epstein’s home and private Caribbean island on multiple occasions, including after Epstein was convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution in 2008, though he has denied witnessing any sexual abuse.

A vocal opponent to judicial reform, Barak has encouraged large protests aimed at bringing down the current right-wing ruling coalition.

On Saturday evening at an anti-government protest, Barak called for a resumption of mass demonstrations that the Jewish state brought to a virtual standstill.

As part of a likely illegal strike called by Israel’s largest labor union in March 2023, hospitals, businesses, and schools were shut down throughout Israel, along with major highways and thoroughfares blocked by protesters for hours.

“I call on the citizens of Israel to prepare to act, and when the call comes, to respond to it. We will fight, and we won’t be afraid of anyone or anything,” Barak said.

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If the PM ditches Orthodox parties, Avigdor Liberman would join the coalition.

By JNS

Knesset member Avigdor Liberman, chairman of the Yisrael Beytenu Party, on Saturday appeared to soften his hard-line position against serving in a Netanyahu government.

In a tweet, the former foreign, defense and finance minister said he would be willing to sit in a government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on condition that Netanyahu jettisons the haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism – and ‘messianic parties’ – an apparent reference to the Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionist Party.

“It’s true that I don’t believe a word Netanyahu says but there is no personal argument or personal disqualification here,” Liberman tweeted.

“I have said countless times that the State of Israel currently needs a Zionist and liberal coalition, including the Likud movement and without the Orthodox and messianic parties,” he added.

“If Netanyahu is ready to part with his ‘natural’ partners, I will work with all my might for the establishment of a Zionist and liberal coalition with a clear agenda—the establishment of a constitution and the separation of religion and state.”

The ultra-Orthodox parties have 18 seats (Shas-11, UTJ-7) in Netanyahu’s 64-seat Knesset coalition, while’s Liberman’s party has six.

Liberman—once a Likud official and then a dependable Netanyahu ally— has said that he wouldn’t serve with the prime minister “under any conditions or circumstances.” Last September, he called Netanyahu “the scum of the human race who has no red lines.”

Liberman also has been a harsh critic of the ultra-Orthodox, focusing his recent political campaigns against the sector. The virulent tone of his attacks has led to charges of antisemitism by his political foes.

Liberman argues that ultra-Orthodox Jews should be encouraged to join the workforce and not receive government subsidies to study Torah full-time.

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Khalil Atiyeh’s speech in the Arab parliament in Cairo called Mohamed Salah a “mighty martyr.”

By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News

A Jordanian MP praised as a “martyr” Saturday the Egyptian terrorist who killed three IDF soldiers on the southern border last week after infiltrating through the border fence.

Khalil Atiyeh’s told the Arab parliament in Cairo, “In victory for our people in Palestine, we salute Egypt, and its martyr Mohamed Salah. I will ask the honorable council to stand for the reading of the Al-Fatiha for the souls of the martyrs of the Arab and Islamic nation, who died a holy death for the sake of Palestine, and in particular for the memory of the mighty martyr Mohamed Salah.”

The Al-Fatiha is the first, brief chapter of the Koran that is recited in all Muslim prayers, praising Allah as omnipotent and merciful.

The Arab Parliament consists of members of all the countries of the Arab League. They honored Atiyeh’s request and read the seven-verse surah.

Atiyeh is well-known for his anti-Israel rhetoric. In March 2019, he stood up in Jordan’s legislature to literally salute an 18-year-old Palestinian terrorist, Omar Abu Laila, whom he called a “hero.” The previous day, Abu Laila had stabbed and killed First Sgt. Gal Qeidan at the Ariel Junction, stole his weapon, and fired at civilians in the area, murdering Rabbi Achiad Ettinger, a father of 12.

He also called for the expulsion of Israel’s ambassador in Amman, whom he called “a descendant of monkeys and pigs,” and the recall of Jordan’s own envoy to Israel.

IDF forces killed Abu Laila the next day when he opened fire on the soldiers coming to arrest him for the murders.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked to Egyptian President Abdel el-Sisi on Tuesday about the attack in which Salah caught two IDF guards unaware at their border post and shot them, before being killed in the subsequent operation to apprehend him, in which a third soldier died.

El-Sisi expressed his “deepest condolences” and the two leaders agreed to conduct a “thorough and joint investigation” of the incident, according to an Israeli readout of the call.

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Member of Palestinian Authority’s ruling Fatah party hails terrorist killed in Jenin raid as a ‘martyr,’ calls for PA to ‘confront’ Israel ‘with every weapon.’

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IDF brass shortens border guarding shifts from 12 to 8 hours, after Egyptian terrorist infiltrated into Israel and killed 3 Israeli soldiers.

By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News

Commanders of a unit guarding the Israel-Egypt border conceded to a number of operational changes after soldiers and their parents waged a lengthy protest against policies which they said endanger troops.

Earlier in June, three IDF soldiers were killed at the Israel-Egypt border by an Egyptian policeman who infiltrated into Israel, shot troops at a remote outpost, and remained inside Israeli territory for hours until being killed in a firefight.

Both currently serving soldiers and military analysts have said that an IDF policy, which requires that soldiers stand guard for 12 hours at the border, was a contributing factor among the numerous that facilitated the terrorist’s deadly rampage.

In a statement, a spokesman for the IDF said that the soldiers were now being assigned to eight hour shifts, shortened from twelve hours. Additionally, at a specific outpost, two troops will guard at night, where one soldier had previously guarded.

One guard post along the border will also be closed, reducing the number of sites at which soldiers will be required to guard for hours on end.

Noting that the terrorist had slipped through an emergency gate which was apparently only closed with zip-ties, rather than sensors or other advanced electronic means which could alert troops to the presence of an infiltrator, military analyst Tal Lev Ram noted that the onus for border security cannot be placed on the shoulders of two individual shoulders.

“Two soldiers, who are standing in a static position, cannot be expected to [take on this responsibility] during an unreasonable and unbearable 12 hour shift,” Lev Ram wrote in Ma’ariv.

Lev Ram also questioned why, after soldiers repeatedly informed their commanders that the shifts were too long for them to remain focused and alert, no policy changes were made until the deadly shootings.

“The soldiers in the unit complained, rightly, to the commanders about the…length of the shifts and clearly pointed out the weak points, but that didn’t help either,” he wrote.

“To the question of why commanders, some of whom have extensive experience in the army, approve such problematic tasks, an explanation can probably be found in the multitude of challenges [stemming from] personnel limitations.”

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Fatah officials tell Lebanese newspaper that the Palestinian Authority’s chairman has been effectively incapacitated by his declining health.

By World Israel News Staff

Mahmoud Abbas, chairman of the Palestinian Authority and head of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Fatah faction, has been unable to fulfill his duties lately due to his failing health, an Arabic media outlet reported over the weekend.

On Saturday, the Lebanon-based, pro-Syrian Al-Akhbar newspaper cited multiple Fatah officials who claimed that Abbas’ medical condition has deteriorated to the point where he has often been left incapable of fulfilling his duties as Palestinian Authority chairman.

Abbas was slated to visit Ramallah’s Istishari Hospital several weeks ago for medical checks, the sources claimed, but cancelled the visit at trip at the last minute, instead calling for doctors to examine him at his office in Ramallah.

The Palestinian Authority chairman also reportedly was secretly transported to Jordan for a number of urgent medical treatments prior to his appearance at the United Nations on May 15th.

The age and ongoing health concerns of the 88-year-old Palestinian Authority leader, who is now serving his 19th year of a four-year term, have raised concerns regarding the future stability of the PA both in the U.S. and within the ruling Fatah party.

“Recently, the heads of the movement’s central committee examined medical reports on his health condition, and actually began to prepare for the next stage of the fight to replace Abu Mazen,” senior Fatah official said, referring to Abbas by his nom de guerre.

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Against background of rising murder rates in Israel’s Arab sector, police contending with wave of investigators looking to leave the force.

By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News

Israel’s embattled police force is currently facing a wave of mass resignations by prosecutors and senior officials, as murder rates in the Jewish state continue to rise and the force is the subject of a power struggle between left-wing activists and National Security Minister Itamar-Ben Gvir.

At least 40 police prosecutors and dozens of investigators and detectives have put in formal requests to resign from the force, according to a report from Kan News.

“There is nobody to investigate the murders,” a senior police official told Kan, adding that the force is currently understaffed by some 5,000 officers.

En masse resignations could potentially exacerbate logistical challenges around personnel shortages and the lengthy process for indicting accused murderers.

The police’s low rates of prosecution for murders in the Arab community has come under scrutiny in recent months, but police failures regarding arresting and trying alleged killers in the Jewish sector has also garnered criticism.

However, the officer noted, the prospect of mass resignations is unlikely to actually occur. Resignations must be approved by higher-ups within the police’s central command, and considering current shortages, these requests will likely be rejected.

While police employees can theoretically leave the force whenever they wish, those seeking early retirement must have their requests approved in order to maintain their pensions and other benefits.

Criticism of Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai and Ben-Gvir has escalated against the backdrop of a spike in murders, but the officer noted that simply adding more police officers to patrol the streets would have little effect on the phenomenon.

The officer told Kan that even if manpower is increased to make arrests, the departments responsible for functions such as investigating and collecting and organizing evidence for criminal trials will remain cripplingly understaffed.

So far in 2023, over 100 members of Israel’s Arab community have been murdered. The police have arrested just 10 alleged perpetrators.

Ben-Gvir is currently battling left-wing NGOs and activists in an ongoing case in the Supreme Court, over the issue of whether his ministry has the authority to make changes to police operational policies and procedures.

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Raquelle Casillas, 44, was arrested early in the morning of June 6 for the death of a 44-year-old woman from Almont, Michigan. As reports suggest, the two were embroiled in a rivalry for the affection of the same man. Just before 4 a.m., police responded to an assault report that a caller relayed to the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office.

When authorities arrived at the specified location in the Village of Capac, approximately 50 miles north of Detroit, they found the male caller, Raquelle Casillas, and the victim unconscious and suffering from severe head trauma. The woman was rushed to McLaren Lapeer Hospital and declared dead two days later.

Casillas was taken to the St. Clair County Detention and Intervention Center, charged with open murder, and is due back in court on June 20. The slain woman’s father told the Daily Mail that a pattern of heavy drinking was common for the two women. He went on to say that this binge drinking had started before the two were involved with the same man and probably contributed to what happened.

Apparently, the woman had been fighting on and off for days. On Facebook, a picture of the two women smiling faces bruised and battered, was posted with the caption “Best friends.” When asked about the injuries, Casillas admitted to the commenter, “We were fighting.” She added, “I took her boyfriend.”

The manslaughter of an innocent woman due to a heated love triangle has left the attendees of the court case in shock, with the heaviest burden of consequences falling upon Raquelle Casillas. Justice will soon be served for the victim of this deadly rivalry.

Dale Wheatley, an employee of the Anatomical Gift Association of Illinois (AGA), recently came forward to voice his worries regarding how donated human remains are being handled for medical research. Wheatley, who works at the AGA’s “rack room” and drives a delivery van for body parts, raised his concerns on May 24th and the very next day found three severed heads left near his work area.

The AGA’s Executive Vice President William O’Connor rejects Wheatley’s claims, stating that his job is to manage these body parts and that his current accusations are inappropriate. However, Wheatley has stated that some of the hospitals and schools that were sent donated bodies have sent them back because they are not in suitable conditions. He alleges that these bodies had mold, rot, and insect infestations.

In response to the situation, Wheatley decided to file a police report and contacted both local and state authorities. He has enlisted the help of employment lawyer David Fish, whose goal is to help the AGA address these allegations without the need for legal action. Wheatley has expressed his desire for families of those who donate their bodies to be aware of the current conditions at the AGA and hopes to keep his job safe after speaking out.

The AGA claims that it practices integrity and respects the bodies of those who donate them, but Wheatley does not believe this is true. As it stands, those donations are embalmed, distributed to research institutions, and then returned to their families after cremation. It is vital that the AGA is held accountable for the situation and that families are aware of the poor conditions of donated remains.