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Footage from the scene showed that the bus sustained heavy damage to its front half, apparently from the crash with the back of the truck.

In Egypt, which has a poor transportation safety record, traffic accidents kill thousands every year. Most of the crashes are caused by careless driving and speeding, as well as bad roads and poor enforcement of traffic laws.

Stabbing in Jerusalem

A man in his 40s was moderately injured in a suspected stabbing attack on a bus near the Ramot Junction in Jerusalem on Tuesday afternoon.

The suspected terrorist, a Palestinian from the West Bank who had entered Israel with a permit, was shot by a civilian and is in moderate condition. He had stabbed the man with a screwdriver while riding on the bus.

The terrorist and the passengers then got off the bus, and Ynet journalist Meshi Ben Ami, who was passing by at the time, shot the terrorist.

Shaare Zedek Medical Center stated that the victim was at the hospital in moderate condition with multiple stab wounds to his upper body. He is not in a life-threatening condition.

Ben Ami told KAN news that the suspected terrorist came towards him after injuring the person on the bus.

“I didn’t hesitate and I shot him once and he fell on the ground,” said Ben Ami.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem called the stabbing “a natural response to the occupation’s crimes against our Islamic and Christian sanctities in the city of Jerusalem.

“This act of resistance confirms once again the failure of all attempts to stop the escalation of the act of resistance in the occupied West Bank and the city of Jerusalem,” added Qassem.

Officer Killed in Ramming Incident

The widow of deceased Master Sergeant Barak Meshulam slammed Public Security Minister Omer Barlev (Labor) for Israel’s too-strict open fire rules.

Meshulam was killed on Sunday in a ramming attack perpetrated by a 17-yearold Palestinian Authority Arab terrorist, who slammed into him and killed him at a roadblock in central Israel.

The terrorist, a resident of the Palestinian Authority city of Ramallah, appeared in court on Sunday afternoon for an extension of his arrest. His attorney insisted that despite his actions, he did not intend to harm anyone and Meshulam’s death was accidental.

The terrorist was reportedly driving a car he had stolen from the Tel Aviv area and was fleeing the police when he rammed Meshulam at a checkpoint near Ra’anana. Following the ramming, he is reported to have exited the vehicle and attempted to flee on foot.

Meshulam, 29, was married and a father of two children. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kfar Saba, his hometown, in a funeral attended by hundreds of people, including Barlev and Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai.

Speaking at the funeral, Meshulam’s wife, Ariella, said, “Love of my life for 11 years. It is important you know that I am not angry. I keep telling them what an amazing father you are. I promise to be strong for them.

“You are a hero. It is hard for me to believe that I won’t see your face. I will

26 love you forever.” Meshulam’s mother, Zuki, said that her son was “the light of our lives, our The Jewish Home | JULY 21, 2022 foundation stone, the thread that connected us all.” She added that it “is not natural for a parent to bury their child” and described the ramming as “premeditated murder.” Barlev said, “Tonight, Barak met a murderer, a dangerous criminal. The punishment needs to be suitable.” At that point, Ariella interrupted Barlev, saying, “You don’t give them [police officers] permission to shoot, you aren’t protecting them. They are like [sitting] ducks.” Following the ramming, Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai clarified that police officers may open fire on “anyone who endangers the lives of officers while attempting to break through a checkpoint.”

Top EU Diplomat Delaying Because of Politics

European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Josep Borrell delayed a key meeting between the EU and Israel over the alleged killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, a senior European official said.

The Association Council is a meeting which is intended to take place annually between Israel and the EU, to cover issues of mutual concern. The last meeting was held in 2012.

At a May 16 meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, the 27 foreign ministers agreed on a draft of a joint statement for the Association Council with Israel.

According to the official, “That was a miracle.”

But to get the text on the agenda of the European Council “depends on Josep Borrell,” the official said.

Borrell had been reluctant to advance the meeting but caved due to pressure from EU member states – until Abu Aqleh’s death.

Abu Aqleh was killed by a stray bullet in May while covering a shootout between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian Authority terrorists in Jenin.

Around the same time, but unconnected to her death, Israel’s Defense Ministry approved after a long while plans for 4,427 new Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria.

The official explained, “There were two things that were unacceptable in terms of diplomacy — the killing of the journalist and the announcement of 4,000 new settlements.

“Borrell told us, can you imagine I am going to put on the agenda a meeting of cooperation with the images on TV? Come on.”

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Forces to be Removed from Red Sea Islands

U.S. President Joe Biden last week announced two agreements with Saudi Arabia widely considered to be significant steps towards normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Speaking to reporters following a three-hour meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on his trip to the Kingdom, Biden said that the multinational forces on the Red Sea islands of Sanafir and Tiran would be removed and that Saudi airspace would be opened for all Israeli flights.

Saudi Arabia controlled both Sanafir and Tiran until 1950, when the country handed the islands to Egypt to avoid Israel taking them over. In 1967, Israel captured the islands during the Six Day War. But in 1982, Israel returned the islands to Egypt as part of its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.

In 2017, Egypt and Saudi Arabia agreed that the islands be returned to Saudi Arabia, but due to the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty signed in 1979, the handover required Israeli approval as well. Israel provided this approval, so long as there was an agreement to allow U.S.-led multinational observers to continue their oversight of the islands, so as to ensure freedom of navigation for Israeli vessels.

Under the new agreement, the observers will be removed from Tiran by the end of this year, and the area will be developed for tourism and other peaceful matters.

“We’ve concluded a historic deal to transform a flashpoint at the heart of the Middle East wars into an area of peace. International peacekeepers, including U.S. troops, will leave Tiran Island in the Red Sea where they’ve been for over 40 years since the Camp David Accords,” Biden said.

“Now as a result of this breakthrough, this island will be open to tourism and economic development while retaining all necessary security arrangements and the present freedom of navigation of all parties, including Israel.”

Biden “Won’t Walk Away” from Middle East

U.S. President Joe Biden last Saturday spoke at a summit of Arab leaders, promising that the United States “will not walk away” from the Middle East.

The remarks were made shortly before Biden left Saudi Arabia for Washington, concluding his trip to the Middle East. Earlier that day, Biden met individually with the leaders of Iraq, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates.

“The United States is going to remain an active, engaged partner in the Middle East,” Biden asserted. “We will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by China, Russia, or Iran. We will seek to build on this moment with active, principled, American leadership.”

He added, “Today, I’m proud to be able to say that the eras of land wars in the region, wars that involved huge numbers of American forces, is not underway.” The U.S., he said, “will build political, economic, and security connections between U.S. partners wherever possible, while respecting each country’s sovereignty and independent choices. Integration, interconnection — these are the underlying themes of our meeting today.”

Biden did not mention Israel specifically, though he had said that strength-