Which ‘Victims of Terror’ Should Israel Be Memorializing?
As Israel begins Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror, an announcement that the name of Muhammed Abu Khdeir, the Arab teenager viciously murdered by Israeli Jews last summer, has been added to a monument at the Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem is causing some controversy. While all agree his killing was a despicable act, was it an act of terrorism? Does his name belong on a monument with the names of Israelis killed in Palestinian terror attacks?
Both PM Netanyahu and President Rivlin have refused to meet with former US president Jimmy Carter during his upcoming visit to Israel. Why? It this an appropriate gesture towards an American elder statesman?
Former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres will be paid $30,000 per month by one of Israel's major banks to represent them internationally. Is this appropriate?
VOI's Bassem Eid, in a highlight from Dan Diker's program "National Security," lauds the progress PM Netanyahu has made to "reconstruct the relationship" with Arab countries. Has the Israeli leader indeed been successful? Is this to Israel's benefit?
Host: Glen Ladau
Panel: Daniel Seaman, Molly Livingstone, Mottle Wolfe, Yishai Fleisher