Have arrived in Chicago for an overnight stay. Then it is off to Israel tomorrow via Germany. Below are two stories that caught my attention on arriving back in the Windy City.
Rev. Dr. Chuck Currie Travels to the Middle East for Interfaith Study | @PacificU https://t.co/BvsC3omdqS
— Pacific U. CPAS (@PacificuCPAS) January 8, 2016After a weeklong manhunt, the man suspected of fatally shooting three Israelis in Tel Aviv was killed Friday by special police forces that surrounded his hiding place in the Wadi Ara area in northern Israel, authorities say.And what does a teen from New Jersey have to do with the conflict in Israel - Palestine? She was called into the principle's office after tweeting that "Israel is a terrorist force." This certainly seems like an overreaction on the part of the school which has suggested she has engaged in "bullying." The tweeter in question is an "Israeli Jew," according to The Washington Post.
