*** Will there be a "Netanyahu deal"?
After consulting with prosecutors, the ombudsman tightens the conditions for a plea deal with Netanyahu
Mandelblit intends to demand that Netanyahu clearly agree to a disgrace, and to increase his sentence to a number of more months of community service. This, after the heads of the State Attorney's Office criticized that the emerging outline makes it easier on Netanyahu.
*** Large forces of police evacuated and destroyed the illegal home of the Salhiya family from Shimon Hatzadik in Jerusalem (Sheikh Jarrah)
The Arabs report about 20 detainees.
Expect clashes later ...
*** Senior security officials in Israel estimate that Iran is behind the Houthi rebels' attack on Abu Dhabi and that it gave the "green light" for the attack. The attack was a successful military operation and a combination of ballistic missile and UAV missiles from a long distance, which indicates the Houthi military ability to attack targets in Israel as well.
*** Fatah senior Hussein al-Sheikh (Head of Intelligence and security in the PA) is advancing to the top of the PA and the PLO, and together with his friend Majed Faraj, the two are becoming possible successors of Mahmoud Abbas, Jabril Rajoub has been pushed aside, in the meantime.
*** The decision of the central committee of the Fatah movement last night:
A. Renewal of trust in Mahmoud Abbas as chairman of the PLO
B. Hussein a-Sheikh is the movement's candidate to become a member of the PLO Executive Committee