At small gathering near cabinet room, Netanyahu touts his efforts to bolster Israel's security and economy, says he feels a sense of duty.

Around 50 members of radical Sixty-Four Counties Movement burn flags, graffiti Auróra Jewish community center in Budapest. Police reportedly slow to intervene. Building sustains minor damage in attack.

The Central Asian country, former Soviet republic and Muslim-majority country has a history of strong connections with Israel and supports its local Jewish population.

With members of right-wing bloc rejecting Benny Gantz's offers to meet for coalition talks, Likud officials call on Blue and White leader to work toward a unity government and avoid dragging the country into a third round of elections.

B'Tselem says Israeli authorities have razed at least 140 illegally-built Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem this year, the highest annual number since 2004. Move comes amid a major increase in Jewish settlement activity in Judea and Samaria and east Jerusalem, it says.