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According to a poll conducted by the "Pnima" movement on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 27, most Israelis also expect the day to lose importance over time.

Meanwhile, Religious Zionism Party chairman Bezalel Smotrich says, "I know about [defectors] with a certainty. I won't get into names but I can say with certainty that the government is finished."

In an interview with Israel Hayom, Orit Farkash-Hacohen says Israeli public not interested in a fifth round of elections. "It's bad for the public, for the state coffers, for security, and we just need to do everything to avoid it," she says.

This year sees the traditional blessing held twice due to concerns about security, COVID.

Arseny Malevsky and his family fled Ukraine when Russian forces reached the suburbs of Odessa where he lives. He is now being treated at Sourasky Medical Center's Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital in Tel Aviv.

Police are expected to issue restraining orders against some of the demonstrators after Dr. Sharon Elroy Preiss, who heads ministry's Public Health Services department, files police complaint over incident.

Move by Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev, which will require approval from the Knesset's Public Security Committee, will make it easier for highly-trained, former police officers to carry weapons.

"Rina, who loved Israel and used to go on many trips, was killed on her way to the spring. By establishing springs and hiking trails we follow in her footsteps," Director of the Kol Rina Foundation Matanya Shnerb says.

The latest unrest on Temple Mount comes just two days after clashes with Palestinians at the same site.