Saturday, July 14, 2018

                     NEWS SUMMARY AT THIS HOUR


The barrage of rockets into Israel from Gaza continued into the early morning hours of Sunday.

It all began Friday night and Israel has responded with air strikes into Gaza aimed at targets of the Hamas terrorist organization that rules there.

Four Israelis were injured in the attacks by some 200 plus rockets including three in a synagogue on the Sabbath.   Two were killed in Gaza in the Israeli attacks in response.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that if Hamas didn't get the message from Saturday's military response, they will get it on Sunday.

The Israel Defense Forces have announced military drills across the country next week.


Thousands gathered in central London for the latest "Free Tommy Robinson" rally Saturday.  An international group of speakers addressed the protest including US Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona who said when he first heard about the case of Tommy Robinson he "could not remain silent".

Gosar said "we want Tommy out".

Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, Gerard Batten, argued that calling Robinson a 'lawbreaker' reminds him of others who 'broke the law' but are considered heroes like the suffragettes of the UK, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and finally he noted that "Robin Hood broke the law".

Batten asked the crowd:  "Who's side would you rather be on, Robin Hood or the Sheriff of Nottingham?"

There's a new public opinion poll out in the UK showing a sharp rise in support for UKIP and a decline in support for Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party.   The poll shows support for UKIP at 8 percent and the Conservatives at 36 percent.  The Labor Party leads with 40 percent of the vote.

This new poll follows the public release of a Brexit negotiating position that was described by many observers including President Trump as something that the people did not vote for in the 2015  Brexit referendum when YES won.

It also follows the resignation of two senior cabinet ministers and some junior cabinet ministers from the government.

May has resorted to writing an article in the "Mail On Sunday" newspaper warning that unless her government is supported, there may be no Brexit.

In an exclusive British TV interview with Piers Morgan of ITV,  President Donald Trump says he intends to run for re-election in 2020 and he doesn't see any Democrat who can beat him.

The Prime Minister of Haiti has resigned after deadly street protests in recent days.  Four were killed with shops being looted as rioters came out against plans to increase the price of fuel.

The International Monetary Fund was pushing for an end to fuel subsidies so money could be diverted to health, education and job creation.

The government has backed down temporarily on the fuel price increase but says it will bring it back once a new Prime Minister is selected.   Opposition politicians say protests will resume if the fuel price hike plan is brought back.

Masked paramilitary forces assaulted a  church in Managua, Nicaragua early Saturday where anti-government student protesters were holed up.  At least 2 students were killed with others injured.   Catholic bishops secured the release of the students in the church.

The death toll from two months of protests against the left-wing government of President Daniel Ortega has now gone over 300.   The opposition says the elected government has become corrupt and repressive.

A recent uptick in violence in Northern Ireland's second city of Londonderry appeared to spread Friday night to the western part of the main city of Belfast with attacks on the homes of former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams and  another Sinn Fein activist.  Devices believed to be commercial or industrial fireworks were used with a car set on fire.

Adams says that those who attacked his home should 'have the gumption and guts' to meet him and explain their actions.   Militant Irish Republicans who don't support the Sinn Fein participation in the peace process are believed to behind the recent violent incidents.

McDonalds has pulled salads from three thousand restaurants in 14 states.   The salads were linked to gastrointestinal illnesses in Iowa and Illinois.   Iowa's health department says 15 people in that state reported illnesses after eating the salads late last month and at the beginning of this month.

A woman in Saudi Arabia has been arrested after she hugged a singer at a concert.  Although laws have been liberalized to allow women to attend public events, they are not allowed to mix with men they are not related to and must adhere to a strict code of dress.

The woman arrested was wearing a niqab, with only her eyes being visible.

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