Hanoch Shlomo made aliyah to Israel mere weeks after the outbreak of the Ukraine war, having converted five years prior. He could never have imagined that a year and a half later, he would still not have received his Israeli citizenship, leaving him without the ability to make a living and receive national health insurance.

Although the exact subject of the meeting is unknown, a source says AOC mostly listened to what participants had to say and avoided addressing her hostile attitude toward Israel.

With the country ensnared in its worst domestic crisis in decades, President Isaac Herzog meets Netanyahu in the hospital treating him in hope of closing a deal with less than 24 hours to go before final passage of kay part of the judicial overhaul.