Rioting continued in the eastern neighborhoods of Jerusalem on Monday while the medical condition of Yehuda Glick, an Israeli activist who was shot in an apparent assassination attempt last week, showed signs of improvement. Meanwhile, a controversy has brewed about the level of protection Glick received from the police prior to the attempt on his life, even as other Israeli activists who campaign for the right of Jews to pray on the Temple Mount have complained about threats to their lives. In related news, the Knesset passed a law Monday to limit the possibility of terrorists convicted of murder from being released as part of any future diplomatic negotiations with the Palestinians. Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said the law “brings back sanity and morality to Israeli policy about releasing terrorists, after years of losing the moral path.” Read More
