AFP, Jerusalem
An Israeli college has conducted an opinion poll of attitudes inside Egypt and Saudi Arabia and found that there was virtually no support for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the two Arab countries.
The survey, conducted by the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, could signal trouble for Trump if he wins the November election and sets out to devise a Mideast policy. Egypt and Saudi Arabia are two of America’s most powerful and important allies in the Arab world.
Indian aid worker kidnapped in Kabul
Reuters, Kolkata
An Indian woman working for an international aid group has been abducted in the Afghan capital, Kabul, her family said on Friday and her country’s foreign minister promised to do everything possible to rescue her.
Judith D’Souza, who works for the Aga Khan Foundation, is believed to have been kidnapped on Thursday night, her sister, Agnes, told reporters in her home city of Kolkata, in eastern India.
Israel demolishes Palestinian home
AP, Jerusalem
The Israeli military early Saturday demolished the family home of a Palestinian who it says stabbed a Jewish mother to death in front of her children, in one of the most grisly killings in an eight-month wave of violence.
The military said its forces entered the West Bank village of Yatta to knock down the family residence of Morad Bader Abdullah Adais.
The military says he killed Dafna Meir, a mother of six, in her home in the Jewish settlement of Otniel in January. He fled the scene and was later arrested.
Israel says it carries out housing demolitions to deter future attacks. The Palestinians consider it a form of collective punishment.
Over the last eight months, Palestinians have carried out dozens of attacks on civilians and security forces, mostly stabbings, shootings and car ramming assaults that have killed 32 Israelis and two Americans. About 200 Palestinians have been killed during that time, most identified as attackers by Israel. The assaults were once near-daily incidents but they have become less frequent in recent weeks.
