A 37-year-old Israeli doctor was indicted this week for the attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend's new partner.

Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook and Twitter

On July 10, the police received a phone call from a resident of Rehovot, in central Israel, who claimed that an intruder entered his house and used a shocker on him while he was asleep. Law enforcement immediately arrived at the scene and began to search for the suspect.

He was pulled over on his way to Jerusalem, with a black sweatshirt, a ski mask, a shocker and medical equipment in his vehicle.

Investigation revealed that the suspect is an anesthesiologist. He met his ex-girlfriend, a fellow doctor, at work. The two fell in love, but not long after, she broke off the relationship.

The indictment states that the suspect arrived at his ex-girlfriend's home, only to find her new boyfriend there alone, as she was at work. He also had with him a scalpel and a syringe, which forensics later revealed contained a potent anesthetic that in certain doses can cause death.

The suspect attempted to stab the victim with the syringe, but he awoke and began to fight back. The suspect then fled the scene, and the victim, who sustained light injuries, was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Subscribe to Israel Hayom's daily newsletter and never miss our top stories!

The post Murder by anesthesia? Doctor indicted over potentially deadly dose appeared first on www.israelhayom.com.

Lara Kollab, a graduate of Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, was fired in 2019 from her position as an internal medicine resident at the Cleveland Clinic, "after it emerged that she had been fanning anti-Semitic sentiment on Twitter for at least the last six years."

Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook and Twitter

She repeatedly called on followers to "destroy the homes of the Jews" and urged Arab nations to unite to "destroy the terrorist Nazi State of Israel."

In one of the most disturbing tweets, Kollab joked about intentionally giving her Jewish patients the wrong medication, writing, "I'll purposely give all the yahood [Jews] the wrong meds."

On Monday, Kollab was forced to hand over her license after it was revoked by the State Medical Board of Ohio.

Kollab has apologized for her comments and wrote a message to the Ohio medical board in which she stated that "The things I wrote do not represent who I am."

 Israel Hayom's daily newsletter and never miss our top stories!

The post Anti-Semitic doctor who threatened to give Jews 'wrong meds' loses license appeared first on www.israelhayom.com.

And while Egypt, Germany, France, and Jordan issued a joint statement on Tuesday saying that they categorically reject Israel's plans and that such a move would "violate international law and could also have an impact on relations with Israel," Cairo has not independently criticized Israel the way the other three have.

Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook and Twitter

Yoel Guzansky, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, said Egypt tends to be "less sensitive about these issues."

Egypt is currently focused on a number of other issues, such as problems with Ethiopia and Sudan. He explained.

Tensions have arisen over Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam project, which could negatively affect Egypt's water supply since both countries share the Nile River.

"The fact that Egypt is quiet on a publicly level doesn't mean it is quiet privately," he noted.

Guzansky pointed out other factors that influence Egypt's quiet approach to Israel's plans.

Egypt's relationship with Israel is important for fighting against the presence of terror groups in Sinai, according to Guzansky, and Egypt also "does not want to jeopardize its relationship with [US President Donald] Trump."

The country is also fighting Turkey for strategic superiority in neighboring Libya – something "very high on Egypt's agenda," according to Guzansky.

Dana Stroul, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told JNS that the pro-sovereignty camp in Israel wagers that "each Arab government stands to lose too much from cutting off relations with Israel, even if annexation takes place unilaterally outside of bilateral negotiations."

She said that "Egyptian leaders certainly do not support unilateral annexation." But instead of publicly condemning Israel, they are raising their concerns quietly and through intelligence channels.

"Egypt's relationship with Israel has remained largely under the table and in the security realm; issues are worked out privately among the professionals," according to Stroul.

Peace between the countries 'will not collapse the day after'

Stroul listed a number of reasons that Egypt has chosen a "more subdued approach."

The first, she said, "is to protect the relationship with US President Donald Trump, who has embraced President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and eliminated virtually all US criticism of his government."

The second is that Arab leaders don't want to be on "the receiving end of an angry tweet [by Trump] threatening to cut assistance or downgrade the relationship due to criticism of Israeli annexation."

Third, Egypt's peace treaty with Israel "has allowed the Egyptian military to focus on the real threats to Egypt's security: counterterrorism, porous borders to the west with Libya and to the south with Sudan, and maritime threats."

She also noted that "in the Sinai, the Egyptian army has not succeeded in effectively eliminating that ISIS branch and receives intelligence and other forms of support from Israel."

Even if Israel applies sovereignty, she said, "Israeli security support and intelligence cooperation is too valuable to risk losing given the very real threat of ISIS directing attacks inside Egypt."

Fourth, Cairo "sought to facilitate Palestinian reconciliation for years, and similar other governments in the region are frustrated by the ineffective Palestinian leadership in Ramallah," led by Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas.

Stroul said that if Israel extends sovereignty, it could "expect angry statements and temporary damage to Egyptian-Israeli diplomatic relations."

While the peace agreement between the two countries "will not collapse the day after," the routine Egyptian-Israeli engagements "might be interrupted thereby damaging a pillar of Israel's security," she said. "Egyptian media will also speak out forcefully and in condemnation of annexation, but the government controls the press and can dial-up or dial-back the pressure."

Subscribe to Israel Hayom's daily newsletter and never miss our top stories!

So "between the COVID-19 pandemic, the Egyptian health system's fragility and associated economic strains after years of reform measures to stabilize the economy, the war waging in Libya, active ISIS threat in the Sinai and Ethiopia on the verge of filling the Renaissance dam, el-Sissi has more than enough on his plate," summed up Stroul.

For all of these reasons, she stated, el-Sissi may have come to the realization that focusing on the application of Israeli sovereignty and the unresolved Israeli-Palestinian conflict "is a lesser priority."

Reprinted with permission from JNS.org.

The post Cairo's near-silence over Israel's sovereignty bid speaks volumes  appeared first on www.israelhayom.com.