Daily Briefing Sept. 30 – Israelis land safely in Saudi Arabia after suspected plane terror
Editor David Horovitz on the developing facts surrounding the redirected flydubai flight, rare condemnations following extremist settler violence, and electioneering 4 weeks from vote
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Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s episode.
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Just ahead of recording today’s episode, headlines began surfacing about the flydubai plane that signaled an emergency during its flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv and safely landed in Saudi Arabia. IAF fighter jets were scrambled and top Israeli leadership was given emergency briefings. Horovitz discusses what is known and still unknown this morning. (As this is a developing story, please check our live blog for real-time updates.)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday condemned the massive overnight attack and riot by Jewish extremists in the West Bank the previous night. His call to prosecute the perpetrators “to the fullest extent of the law” was joined by similar condemnations from Defense Minister Israel Katz and head of the Yesha settlement umbrella council Yisrael Ganz. Ministers, however, downplayed the attack as being perpetrated by a “small number” of people. Why the rare spate of condemnations?
Also on Tuesday, Netanyahu claimed that there are concerns that “enemies” of Israel may attempt to attack it ahead of the October 27 election. By day’s end, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid was briefed with details on the ostensible threat — and subsequently dismissed them as fearmongering. We hear more about the campaigns, four weeks until elections.
Check out The Times of Israel’s ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
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