In a tearful and emotional video posted Saturday night, "Law & Order" star Diane Neal shared with her 94,400 Instagram followers how grateful she is for her move to Israel and the love she has experienced there.

"When everything failed me, every institution, every place, and almost every person, the land of Israel opened its arms to me and welcomed me home," shared Neal, who immigrated to Israel last year with the help of Nefesh B'Nefesh organization and moved to Tel Aviv.

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"I'll be back home to Israel soon," said Neal, who is currently abroad. She then placed her hand on her heart and said, "To my home, Israel, to everyone I love, to everyone who cared for me, every congregation here and there, every one of my rabbis, and my friends. Thank you."

Neal, 48, is an American actress and politician best known for her role as Casey Novak, Assistant District Attorney in New York, on the series "Law & Order." Neal has Jewish roots on her mother's side, with grandparents who were Holocaust survivors from Hungary. Since making aliyah in March 2023, she has faced numerous online attacks over her decision to immigrate to Israel. Still, she consistently emphasizes that she is proud of her decision and stands behind it.

"To everyone who tears me apart," she said in a video posted several months ago, "stop being fed distorted information and learn the real facts. I will never stop being proud of being Jewish and Israeli."

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American actress Diane Neal has left Hollywood behind and moved to Israel.

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Neal, best known for her role as New York Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak in the television series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," made aliyah through the Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, the Aliyah and Integration Ministry and the Jewish Agency.

The actress also portrayed Coast Guard Investigative Service Special Agent Abigail Borin in the "NCIS" franchise as well as attorney Allison Holt on "Suits."

She began her aliyah process several months ago, which culminated in her receiving her Israeli identity card. Congratulations!

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In a violent development unprecedented since the outbreak of the coronavirus, ultra-Orthodox rioters attacked police officers in Bnei Brak late Thursday, drawing quick condemnation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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The riots began after dozens of Haredi yeshiva students who had violated public health guidelines and gathered in the city illegally hurled rocks at a civilian vehicle while police officers were inside it.

The crowd spotted the officers inside the vehicle, gathered around it, threw rocks, smashed its windshields and punctured its tires.

The rioters tried to open the car doors, while the officers in the vehicle called for backup. Three police officers were lightly injured.

"I strongly condemn the violence toward Israel Police forces operating in Bnei Brak," Netanyahu said shortly after the incident.

"We will act with a heavy hand against the lawbreakers," he said. "First and foremost against whoever lifts his hands against our police officers."

The prime minister called on "all Israeli citizens, without exception" to follow the Health Ministry's safety guidelines.

Police later detained six individuals suspected of involvement in the attack after raiding the Vizhnitz Hassidic yeshiva, which earlier in the day had been shut down by police officers for violating Health Ministry guidelines against large public gatherings.

Public Security Minister Amir Ohana said that "the savage violence we saw [Thursday] night in Bnei Brak is a heinous crime which will not pass quietly. The response will come, and fast."

Interior Minister and Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri said: "The terrible violence [Thursday night] in Bnei Brak by several rioters against police officers who were there on duty to enforce the lockdown is appalling and outrageous. The rioters must be arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. We must follow safety guidelines and save lives."

Shas MK Moshe Arbel also denounced the incident.

"I express shock and disgust at a wild mob dressed as Haredim who physically harmed Israeli police officers. Barbarism of this kind has no place in our camp and in society. I expect law enforcement to bring these perpetrators to justice. They are not Haredim."

Chairman of the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, MK Yakov Asher (United Torah Judaism) said, "All forms of violence must be denounced and it needs to be made unequivocally clear that this is not our way. With that, there's no hiding the sense that the police is working under pressure from the media, and instead of using sound judgment is being dragged into street fights that don't achieve [the goal] of minimizing public gatherings, but rather the complete opposite, and that's a shame."

Former Justice Minister MK Ayelet Shaked (Yamina) tweeted: "The location is no longer relevant. Bnei Brak, the Negev, or the Galilee, Israel is in the midst of a severe crisis of governance and non-functioning leadership. The neglect and lack of control stem from a weak and detached government. The time has come for new leadership."

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Amid widening protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin, Pence and other Republicans at their national convention described the Nov. 3 contest between Trump and Biden as a choice between "law and order" and lawlessness.

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"The hard truth is you won't be safe in Joe Biden's America," Pence told the crowd seated on a lawn at historic Fort McHenry in Baltimore.

Pence added that a vote for President Trump is also a vote for law and order worldwide. Stating that this administration has "Stood up to our enemies and we've stood with our allies. Like when President Trump kept his word and moved the American embassy to Jerusalem, the capital of the state of Israel, setting the stage for the first Arab country to recognize Israel in 26 years."

Accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, Trump joined Pence on stage after the speech as the crowd chanted: "Four more years."

Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shot Blake, 29, multiple times in the back at close range on Sunday, reigniting protests against racism and police brutality that erupted across the United States earlier in the year.

During a third night of unrest on Tuesday, three people were shot, two fatally. The state's lieutenant governor said the white teenager arrested on homicide charges was apparently a militia member who sought to kill innocent protesters.

Ahead of Pence's speech, Trump said he would send federal law enforcement to Kenosha by agreement with the state's governor.

"Let me be clear: the violence must stop – whether in Minneapolis, Portland, or Kenosha," said Pence, who did not mention Blake. "We will have law and order on the streets of this country for every American of every race and creed and color."

Biden said earlier he had spoken with Blake's family on Wednesday and, like the family, also called for an end to the violence. But unlike Trump, who has yet to publicly comment on the police shooting, Biden called for justice and defended the right to protest.

"Protesting brutality is a right and absolutely necessary, but burning down communities is not protest. It's needless violence," Biden said in a video posted by his campaign.

Pence repeated the unfounded charge that Biden supports liberal activist calls to "defund" the police. Biden rejects that approach and has promised instead to invest $300 million in grants to hire more diverse officers and train them to develop better relationships with communities.

Trump has intensified his "law and order" campaign theme as polls have shown voters give him poor grades for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 179,000 Americans.

During this week's convention, Republican speakers have tried to shore up Trump's slumping support among women, Black voters, and immigrants - groups that opinion polls show have been alienated by his divisive style.

On Wednesday, several speakers highlighted his support for women - part of a broader effort to portray Trump as caring and supportive of colleagues, family, and even strangers.

Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, who announced earlier this week she would step down at the end of the month to spend time with her children, said Trump had given her an influential role in his 2016 campaign and at the White House.

"A woman in a leadership role can still seem novel. Not so for President Trump. For decades, he has elevated women to senior positions in business and in government. He confides in and consults us, respects our opinions, and insists that we are on equal footing with the men," Conway said.

Pence spoke at the Fort McHenry National Monument in Baltimore, Maryland – a federal facility that is the site of the battle during the War of 1812 that inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner."

A former Indiana governor and congressman and a conservative Christian, Pence has served as a key connector between Trump and evangelical voters, an influential part of the Republican political base.

Pence sought to reshape the narrative around the economy, casting the millions of jobs lost to the pandemic as a temporary setback. Despite lagging behind Biden in opinion polls, Trump gets higher marks as a steward of the economy than his Democratic rival does.

"Last week, Joe Biden said 'no miracle is coming.' What Joe doesn't seem to understand is that America is a nation of miracles, and we're on track to have the world's first safe, effective coronavirus vaccine by the end of this year," Pence said.

Trump and other administration officials have predicted a vaccine could be ready by the end of the year, but some experts are skeptical the trials, which must study potential side effects on different types of people, can be completed so soon.

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At their own party convention last week, Biden and his running mate, US Senator Kamala Harris of California, warned another four years in the White House for Trump would lead to chaos and threaten democracy.

Pence cast the choice in similar terms from the other side.

He accused Biden, the former vice president under Barack Obama and a centrist who defeated an array of more progressive candidates for the Democratic nomination, of being a stalking horse for the radical left.

"Last week, Joe Biden said democracy is on the ballot, and the truth is our economic recovery is on the ballot, law and order are on the ballot," he said. "But so are things far more fundamental and foundational to our country. The choice in this election is whether America remains America."

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