Former deputy national security adviser Charles M. Kupperman may take up the post on a permanent basis; Islamic American organization CAIR “appalled” by the appointment.

Full annexation of Judea and Samaria would result in Jews becoming a minority in Israel – the end of the Zionist project. We should only annex areas that do not have a large Palestinian population. And this would leave the Palestinians with plenty of space for a state of their own.

Hours after Israeli aircraft attacked 15 Hamas targets, Hamas rockets were launched toward Israeli villages north of the Gazas Strip. Hamas positions are hit in retaliation.

"The departure of US National Security Adviser John Bolton from President Donald Trump's administration will not push Iran to reconsider talking with the US," state news agency IRNA quotes Tehran's United Nations envoy Majid Takht-Ravanchi as saying. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the United States to end its policy of "maximum pressure" on his country.

No injuries reported in what was the first major attack in the Afghan capital since President Donald Trump abruptly called off US-Taliban talks over the weekend, on the brink of an apparent deal to end America's longest war.