Syria: Trump’s Golan Heights move makes US ‘main enemy’ of Arabs
WASHINGTON – Syria said President Donald Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights makes Washington “the main enemy” of Arabs, and the Damascus government is calling the U.S. decision a “slap” to the international community. Trump signed a proclamation Monday recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan, which Israel occupied in 1967 and unilaterally annexed in 1981. Syria’s Foreign Ministry says the U.S. move represents the “highest level of contempt for international legitimacy.”
PITTSBURGH – The foreman of a jury that acquitted a white Pennsylvania police officer of homicide said Michael Rosfeld did not know the black teen he shot was unarmed and that his decision to run after his vehicle was pulled over factored into the verdict. Juror Jesse Rawls Sr. told WHTM-TV that Antwon Rose II and another occupant who ran from the stop “brought it on themselves” and that the then-east Pittsburgh officer knew there had just been a drive-by shooting and was scared. “It’s a felony stop,” Rawls said.
JERUSALEM – Israeli forces on Monday struck targets across the Gaza Strip, including the offices of Hamas’ supreme leader, in response to a surprise rocket attack from the Palestinian territory, as the military bolstered its troops and rocket-defense systems in anticipation of a new round of heavy fighting with the Islamic militant group. Israel opened public bomb shelters in most major cities and civil defense authorities canceled sports events and public transportation. The army said at least one rocket was fired into the country.
BEIRA, Mozambique – The United Nations is making an emergency appeal for $282 million for the next three months to help Mozambique start recovering from the devastation of Cyclone Idai. The U.N. funding will be used to provide water, sanitation, education and restoring the livelihoods of the hundreds of thousands of displaced people, U.N. humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said Monday. He said separate appeals will be made shortly for Zimbabwe and Malawi, also hard-hit by the cyclone last week.