“We want Instex to enter into force in a few days, and I hope that we will be able to operate in a few days," says French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire. “The first transaction will be a limited one but this is a starting point and we expect Instex to be an efficient tool,” he adds.

Alternative for Germany party is accused of attempting to fan racial hatred by using a video of a brawl it suggested involved migrants at a water park in the southern city of Stuttgart – when the scuffle took place in Israel.

Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked responds to religious Zionist rabbi's statement that no woman should ever serve as leader of a political party in Israel; Habayit Hayehudi stresses that women play an "important role" in political activity.

Suheib Yousef, son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef and younger brother of “Green Prince” Mosab Yousef, flees the organization. “If Hamas gave up power, there would be no problems,” he says, calling the organization “a racist terrorist organization that is dangerous for the Palestinian people."

A new Israel Hayom poll conducted this week shows the Likud and Blue and White almost neck-and-neck, with 31 and 30 seats, respectively. If the small right-wing parties run as a single list, they will scoop up 19 seats – but the Right would still be unable to form a government without Avigdor Lieberman.