I hear lefties wanking on about how the USA is Israels only ally in the ME wheras anyone who knows anything about ME politics knows that despite the rhetoric Israel is closely allied to Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Indeed they Guaranteed Jordan's independence from Syria since 1973.
Domestically : Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed to act forcefully against Palestinian terror and rioting while restoring peace to the Temple Mount. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday morning that he was determined to fight the latest wave of Palestinian terror in Jerusalem. “Whoever tries to attack us, we will hurt him,” the Israeli leader asserted. “Stones and firebombs are deadly weapons; they kill and have killed,” he stated at the beginning of weekly cabinet meeting.