"Judaism is the greatest honor. The Jewish community in Montenegro is unique and I feel honored to be its rabbi," Chabad emmissary Ari Edelkopf says upon his appointment.

Yaron Blum tells Israel Radio that Hamas does not realize that "something has changed," and Israelis are not willing to see a repeat of the deal to free captive soldier Gilad Schalit.

In June, Fadi al-Hadami caused a diplomatic incident when he, along with other PA officials, brought Chilean President Sebastián Piñera to the Temple Mount. Al-Hadami has been arrested twice since he was appointed in April.

Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich actively pursuing a "sovereignty through transportation" policy that would integrate settlements with Israeli towns through more roads, railways and nationwide projects. "Israelis and Palestinians live in Judea and Samaria and they are not going anywhere; they should get proper transportation, not just band-aid solutions," he says.

Deputy Director of the Van Leer Institute Dr. Yochi Fisher says that the discourse about "religification" and "secularization" in Israel is inaccurate as well as polarizing: The more open the religious become to secular institutions, the more secularism must test its liberal boundaries, she explains.