Iranian judokas will boycott the World Judo Championships in Tokyo next week, despite a public promise issued by Iran's Olympic committee in May that its athletes would cease boycotting such competitions for political reasons.
Interim notice from Justice Ministry states that if a local population wants an event to be gender-segregated, local authorities should check and see if they are willing to undertake that voluntarily, rather than the segregation being part of the event planning.
Palestinian Authority says "agreement was reached a few days ago with the Israeli side for transferring duties on oil and fuel which the Palestinian Authority bought in Israel to the amount of around two billion shekels ($570 million)."
Dismissing criticism as "laughable," Yisrael Beytenu chief says vote-sharing deal preferable to Netanyahu's "surrender" to Hamas in Gaza. Meanwhile, Amir Peretz's interview with Israel Hayom raises concerns among Labor party activists.
Following Wednesday night's rocket attack on southern Israel, the third such attack in less than a week, Hamas asks Palestinian Islamic Jihad to hand over the operatives behind the rocket attack for interrogation. PIJ has thus far refused the request.
