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Israel shutters main Gaza crossing Israel’s Prime Minister has just announced the closure of the Kerem Shalom crossing point with Gaza until further notice. This checkpoint is the only place along the Israeli border where food, water and aid can be transferred into the strip. Israel says specially approved shipments will still be allowed in but in announcing the closure, Prime Minister Netanyahu made it very clear that the majority of operations will be shuttered.2. Nationality bill ‘harms state of Israel’ Rabbi Ariel Konstantyn, Founding Rabbi at the Tel Aviv Int’l Synagogue and Rabbi Dov Lipman, Former MK; Yesh Atid Party speaking at ILTV Studio about how Israeli president Reuven Rivlin breaks silence on the draft legislation. P.A. plows ahead with ‘Martyr’ payments Despite a growing international condemnation of the practice, the Palestinian authority has vowed to plunge ahead with paying stipends to terrorists and their families. While Israel sees these so-called