Two factions of PLO refuse to participate in ceremony • Hamas rejects new PA cabinet as a "separatist government" that has "no national legitimacy and will reinforces the chances of severing the West Bank from Gaza."

SpaceIL president and high-tech billionaire Morris Kahn declares launch of "Beresheet 2" lunar mission. Beresheet 2 task force to convene on Sunday. “We began something that we shall complete and we will place our flag on the moon," Kahn says.

Several buildings destroyed in alleged attack near town of Masyaf, Syria's state news agency reports. Rights group says 17 wounded, several dead. Iranian delegation was reportedly touring military sites in the area at the time of the strike.

Both Yad Vashem and President Reuven Rivlin took President Jair Bolsonaro to task after he was quoted discussing forgiveness for the crimes of the Holocaust • Bolsonaro: People are trying to put distance between me and my Jewish friends.

Israeli voters have embraced Netanyahu's view that the territorial concessions and a peace process are not the key to making Israel stronger. Gantz's loss proves that the Left cannot successfully obscure its views.