Israel said it had sent more troops to the occupied West Bank on Saturday, just hours after Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas announced he would freeze all ties with Israel until it removed metal detectors from the gates of Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem.
Israel did not elaborate on how many troops were sent to the Palestinian territory but said the move came after hundreds of soldiers were sent on Friday.
It follows an escalation in violence between the Israelis and Palestinians over tensions at Al Aqsa mosque compound. On Friday, three Palestinians were killed and dozens more injured by live fire from Israeli security forces during protests over Israel's implementation of the metal detectors and other so-called "security" measures at the compound.
Palestinians say these measures are not motivated by security at all but are an attempt by Israel to expand its control at the Muslim-administered site — known as Haram Al Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) — and change the status quo.
Also on Friday, a 20-year-old Palestinian man killed three Israelis in their home in the West Bank settlement of Halamish. In a Facebook post written before the attack, Omar Al Abed said he planned to avenge Israel's "desecration" of Haram Al Sharif.
On Saturday morning, Israeli troops searched Al Abed's family home in the West Bank village of Kobar and detained one of his brothers, the army said. Video footage released by the military showed soldiers leading away a handcuffed and blindfolded man.
The Israeli army said soldiers searched the house and measured it in preparation for eventual demolition. Ibrahim Al Abed, an uncle of the assailant, confirmed the family was told the house would be destroyed. Human rights groups say such demolitions amount to collective punishment.
The army also restricted all movement out of the village except for in "humanitarian cases".
Mr Al Abed said his nephew had been arrested three months ago by Palestinian security forces and detained for two weeks. He added that Omar had been violently interrogated about alleged plans to attack Israelis before he was released.
Israeli defence minister Avigdor Lieberman visited Halamish on Saturday and called on Mr Abbas to condemn the settler killings.
It came after Mr Abbas announced on Friday evening that he would "freeze" ties with Israel "on all levels" until the metal detectors are removed from Haram Al Sharif, but did not say whether this meant halting security co-ordination. Ending security ties would have far-reaching repercussions and sharply raise tensions with Israel.
* Additional reporting by Agence France-Presse
The struggle is on for active managers
David Einhorn closed out 2018 with his biggest annual loss ever for the 22-year-old Greenlight Capital.
The firm’s main hedge fund fell 9 per cent in December, extending this year’s decline to 34 percent, according to an investor update viewed by Bloomberg.
Greenlight posted some of the industry’s best returns in its early years, but has stumbled since losing more than 20 per cent in 2015.
Other value-investing managers have also struggled, as a decade of historically low interest rates and the rise of passive investing and quant trading pushed growth stocks past their inexpensive brethren. Three Bays Capital and SPO Partners & Co., which sought to make wagers on undervalued stocks, closed in 2018. Mr Einhorn has repeatedly expressed his frustration with the poor performance this year, while remaining steadfast in his commitment to value investing.
Greenlight, which posted gains only in May and October, underperformed both the broader market and its peers in 2018. The S&P 500 Index dropped 4.4 per cent, including dividends, while the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index, an early indicator of industry performance, fell 7 per cent through December. 28.
At the start of the year, Greenlight managed $6.3 billion in assets, according to a regulatory filing. By May, the firm was down to $5.5bn.
The rules on fostering in the UAE
A foster couple or family must:
- be Muslim, Emirati and be residing in the UAE
- not be younger than 25 years old
- not have been convicted of offences or crimes involving moral turpitude
- be free of infectious diseases or psychological and mental disorders
- have the ability to support its members and the foster child financially
- undertake to treat and raise the child in a proper manner and take care of his or her health and well-being
- A single, divorced or widowed Muslim Emirati female, residing in the UAE may apply to foster a child if she is at least 30 years old and able to support the child financially
SNAPSHOT
While Huawei did launch the first smartphone with a 50MP image sensor in its P40 series in 2020, Oppo in 2014 introduced the Find 7, which was capable of taking 50MP images: this was done using a combination of a 13MP sensor and software that resulted in shots seemingly taken from a 50MP camera.
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