Washington is said to be examining demands put forth by Riyadh as conditions for normalization with Jerusalem, one of which is for a civilian nuclear program.

Earlier this year, suspected Israeli strikes in Syria intensified, culminating in an exchange on the border April 8, when the Israeli military said its forces attacked targets in Syria after six rockets were launched from southern Syria toward the Golan Heights.

“We are told that if the reform passes there will be a dictatorship. There is no bigger lie than that,” Justice Minister Yariv Levin tells the estimated 600,000 who rallied in Jerusalem in support of the legislation.

Air raid sirens sound around Kyiv in the first attack against the capital in nearly two months.