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22 complaining that his head was getting “mixed up.” At one point, the former Nazi said he had worked as an agricultural laThe Jewish Home | JUNE 30, 2022 borer in Germany for most of World War II, a claim contradicted by several historical documents bearing his name, date, and place of birth. After the war, Schuetz was transferred to a prison camp in Russia before returning to Germany, where he worked as a farmer and a locksmith. Despite his conviction, he is highly unlikely to be put behind bars, given his age.

Tavern Investigation in South Africa

At least 22 teenagers, the youngest possibly 13, died last weekend in a tavern in South Africa for unknown reasons. According to provincial officials, many of the students may have been celebrating the end of their high school exams.

There were no visible wounds on the bodies of the victims, and officials have ruled out a stampede. Autopsies will be performed to determine if the deaths were caused by poisoning.

National Police Minister Bheki Cele

The dead included at least eight girls and 13 boys. Seventeen of the victims died in the tavern, while the rest died in the hospital. Police found the teens slumped over tables and chairs or sprawled on the floor of the club when they entered the premises.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa posted on Twitter, “My deepest condolences go to the families of the 22 teenagers who lost their lives. This tragedy is made even more grave by its occurrence during Youth Month – a time during which we celebrate young people.”

Bennett Warns Iran

Tehran should be warned that Israel will go after anyone who attacks the Jewish state. That was outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s message on Tuesday, a day after Iran’s major steel companies were hit by a cyberattack.

“[The] approach with our enemies, especially Iran… we don’t go around wreaking havoc in Tehran — that’s never been our policy. Our policy is, if you mess with Israel, you’ll pay a price,” Bennett said at the Cyber Week conference in Tel Aviv.

He also highlighted the benefits of using cyber warfare over more traditional military offensive methods, noting, “You can get a bunch of smart folks sitting on a keyboard to achieve the same effect… without risking your soldiers’ lives.”

Monday’s large cyberattack forced the state-owned Khuzestan Steel Co. to halt production; two other major steel producers also reported being targeted.

An anonymous hacking group claimed responsibility on social media for the attack, saying it had targeted Iran’s three biggest steel companies in response to the “aggression of the Islamic Republic.” The group, calling itself “Gonjeshke Darande,” shared what purported to be closed-circuit footage from the Khuzestan Steel Co. factory floor that showed the malfunction of a piece of heavy machinery on a steel bar production line, causing a massive fire.

Israeli military correspondents, who are regularly briefed off-the-record by senior Israeli officials, hinted that Israel was directly responsible for the assault in retaliation to a suspected cyberattack that caused rocket sirens to be heard in Jerusalem and Eilat last week.

Bennett added, “You can no longer hit Israel indirectly through proxies, through Hezbollah, through Hamas, and think you’ll get away with it.

“If you’re the bully who’s sending folks to hit us,” he elaborated, “we’re going to try and not fight with those folks; we’re going to hit the bully.” This approach, he said, applies in all dimensions including cyber: “If anyone attacks us on cyber, we’re going to attack back. We’re not going to be feeble,” Bennett said.

Bennett also told the audience that he was “a bit surprised” by the relative “lack of use of cyber tools in the war in Ukraine” because of how beneficial it can be used in time of war without risking soldiers’ lives.

According to data presented by the directorate at the conference, 1,500 cyberattacks on the Israeli homefront were foiled over the past year alone.

Arrest in Disappearance of Young Boy

This week, police said that they had arrested a suspect in the case of Moshe Klinerman, a young boy who has been missing since March 25. The sixteenyear-old was last seen when he left his home in Modiin Illit with a few friends for a trip to Meron.

The group had arrived in Meron, and Moshe had wandered off to spend some time with himself; he told his friends not to wait for him. Since then, no one has heard from him.

Two weeks ago, police said that they will establish a special task force that would assist in the investigation and were scanning the area where Moshe disappeared.

“The area where he went missing is very challenging,” police have said, pointing to hilly terrain marked by uneven land and many hidden areas that make searching difficult.

Klinerman’s parents have long said

24 they believe their son was kidnapped. Speaking to the Walla news site last week, Klinerman’s mother Giti criticized The Jewish Home | JUNE 30, 2022 the Israel Police for not doing enough. “This is a failure [of the Israel Police]. This should have happened three months ago,” she said, referring to the recent decision to establish a special task force. “At first there was only talking, barely any action. Some steps were taken, but they were minimal. It was a joke, just so they could check a box and nothing beyond that,” she charged. “Unfortunately, the decision [to set up a task force] was only reached after we shouted. And had we not shouted, would it have happened?” she said. “Why do we need to reach a situation of parents not sleeping for [over 80 days], not having a life — and until they scream their lungs out, no one is willing to listen to them?” she told Walla.

Bennett: Israel Needs Wide Unity Government

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who is set to step down from his position soon, has said that he believes Israel needs a coalition which will include both the extreme-left and the extreme-right.

Speaking to Channel 12 News, Bennett said that a “fully” right-wing government would be a “disaster” for the State of Israel, because it lacks balance.

In his opinion, both the United Arab List (Ra’am) and the right-wing Otzma Yehudit, led by MK Itamar Ben Gvir, should be in the coalition. Bennett also said that the coalition should not be dependent on either Ben Gvir or Ra’am.

“Would a government that depends on Ben Gvir and [Religious Zionism chair MK Bezalel] Smotrich be good for Israel? No,” Bennett asserted. “I’m not saying they’re barred, but the government cannot be dependent on them. This year proved it’s not good to be dependent on the extremes.

“I want a coalition spanning from Ben Gvir to [Ra’am chai MK] Mansour Abbas,” he added.

Regarding his own political future, Bennett said, “I will want to return. I think I was a prime minister who tried to do good for his people and his country. I think I succeeded. The Holy One, blessed be He, and the people of Israel will decide.”

Bennett’s political future is uncertain, as his party has fallen to four or five seats in polls, down from the seven it won last year in the 120-seat Knesset.

Israel is set to head to its fifth general election in under four years in the fall. The opposition bloc led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been polling strongly, but no party has a clear path to a majority government without any changes in political alliances, raising fears of a return to political deadlock and instability.

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IDF Arrests 17 Terror Suspects

Israeli security forces operated throughout Judea and Samaria early Monday morning, arresting 17 wanted Palestinian Authority Arab terror suspects, the IDF said.

In Jalazone, north of Ramallah, troops detained four suspects over suspected involvement in terror activities, and weapons were confiscated at the scene.

At the same time, IDF special forces from the Golani Brigade with police commandos operated in the city of Jenin to arrest three wanted Arabs.

According to the IDF, the troops came under “massive fire” from a passing vehicle during the operation, but no injuries were caused.

Three terror suspects were arrested in Dheisha, near Bethlehem, and one was arrested in the Jordan Valley village of an-Nassariya, where security forces confiscated, among other things, a hunting rifle and a makeshift “Carlo” submachine gun.

Israeli and Arab Allies Agree

tries have agreed to increase efforts to improve security, stability, and prosperity in the Middle East. The diplomats met during the Negev Summit’s meeting in Bahrain this week.

In a statement following the Monday meeting, Israel’s Foreign Ministry underlined the importance of the first meeting of the Negev Summit Steering Committee, saying that it is “especially important in light of U.S. President Joe Biden’s expected visit in Israel and Saudi Arabia and America’s commitments to widen the circle of peace.”

The Steering Committee is comprised of representatives from Israel, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Morocco, and the U.S.

An Israeli diplomatic official noted that the meeting was “an important milestone.”

“It is part of an ongoing effort to build what we like to call a regional architecture, which is both military and civilian in its character, with a meaningful American presence,” he said.

The meeting in Bahrain was intended to turn the Negev Summit, which originally took place in March, into a permanent forum for regional cooperation. During the meeting, representatives created a core document detailing the goals of the forum, what each working group will deal with, and who will lead them. The working groups will address a variety of issues, and each of the countries will head one of the working groups, which will meet two or three times per year.

The next steering committee meeting will take place in Israel.

Oded Joseph, head of the Foreign Ministry’s Middle East desk, noted, “Many of the things that have been done, including in the years we didn’t have these diplomatic relations and things were done quietly, were done bilaterally. What we’re trying to do now with the Negev Forum is trying to create a situation in which there are multilateral activities on this issue.”