The main problem for Israelis remains Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beytenu party. It is the only party for which a vote is unquestionably against the national interest. Without Lieberman, the Joint Arab List loses all its clout.
In a special interview with Israel Hayom, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he believes war in Gaza must remain the last resort, vows to continue to bolster Israel's diplomatic standing worldwide, and warns against missing the historic opportunity presented by the US Middle East peace plan.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar says the overnight attacks on more than 200 Syrian military targets was in response to a Syrian army attack that killed at least 33 Turkish soldiers, which marked the most Turkish soldiers killed in a single day since Turkey first intervened in Syria in 2016.
Supreme Court says the 2018 law, which expanded access to surrogacy in Israel to single women but excluded gay couples, “disproportionately harmed the right to equality and the right to parenthood” for same-sex couples and that it was unlawful. It gave the state a year to change the law.
Israeli diplomat: "No other country has stopped tourists, already mid-flight, from entering their territory, as Israel has done. At the moment everyone is focused on handling the crisis, but in a few months we will feel the consequences."
