Pope Francis makes the comparison as he cautioned nations against returning refugees to dangerous countries, citing the hazards and risks returnees often face upon re-entering insecure states.

"The Americans understand the political complexity. We don't believe in surprising them and I don't think they will try to surprise us," says Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll.

The government was right to approve a four-year plan to tackle violence in Arab society. Yet the problem has never been a lack of plans but a lack of implementation.

Ahead of PM's Glasgow trip to attend UN Climate Conference, government announces multi-step program to encourage research and implementation of technologies to cut carbon emissions.

"At the moment, we just want to stop the bleeding, stop digging into our savings," hotel manager says. Tourism in Israel dropped over 80% in 2020 after hitting record 4.55 million visitors in 2019.