Surprisingly, the Israeli Prime Minister moved Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed as Secretary of Defense Yoav Gallant whom he fired weeks ago over judicial reform issues. “There were disagreements, even serious ones, but – he said in a press conference on the current security situation in Israel – I have decided that Gallant will remain in his position to maintain Israel’s defences.” giving greater powers to the government against the judges and their decisions, is highly controversial and the basis of the many demonstrations that have been taking place in the country for months. In the face of growing public pressure Netanyahu he postponed his consent. Despite the national alert 250,000 Israelis also took to the streets the day before yesterday on the fourteenth Saturday in a row – to demonstrate against the reform. Israel “is under attack from terrorists” but “my government will restore calm and security,” the prime minister said accused the previous government of lowering its vigilance and having allowed the current demonstrations against reform and the enemy “to interpret them as one lack of determination” in the country. “We will repel these attacks – he underlined – and we will defeat our enemies”.
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Today was another tragic day in the country. A 15-year-old Palestinian boy Muhammad Oweidat BilhanHe was shot dead by fire today Israeli military in a clash in the refugee camp Akabat Jaber, near Jericho (West Bank). Two other Palestinians were hospitalized after being fired upon by soldiers who appeared to have entered to arrest wanted persons. Since the beginning of the year alone, 98 Palestinians have been killed, including 18 minors. She died in the hospital in Jerusalem Leah Lucy Deethe mother of two sisters killed in a Palestinian bombing on Friday ad Hamra, in the Jordan Valley. The mother was seriously injured in this attack and doctors tried for days to keep her alive. The three were also British citizens. Israeli losses since the beginning of the year rise to 19.