The national poet would have dismantled and dismissed the recent demoralizing narratives, the attempt to engage in moralizing at the expense of the justness of our cause in the war against terrorist organizations.

The so-called "Arnona Fund" would see wealthier municipalities subsidize poorer ones with local business property taxes.

"The Palestinian Authority is in a difficult situation and it risks bankruptcy if financing from the EU is blocked," foreign policy chief Josep Borell says after parliament passes new measure. Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement says EU's action aimed at ensuring that PA adheres to its standards of coexistence.

“The thought that an international organization could mark the establishment of one of its member states as a catastrophe or disaster is both appalling and repulsive,” Gilad Erdan, Israeli ambassador to the UN, says.

It's how Israel has overcome impossible odds.