Left-wing lawmaker stuns rickety coaition with surprise departure; her Meretz factions demand she resigns from Knesset and vacates seat; right-wing elements in opposition rejoice
Defense minister meets U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and is later set to hold talks with counterpart Lloyd Austin at Pentagon, with Gantz emphasizing need to ‘prepare for future scenarios’ with regards to Tehran
Bush describes invasion of Iraq as ‘brutal’ and ‘unjustified’ before correcting himself to say he meant to refer to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, jokingly blames slip on advanced age as audience bursts into laughter
Missile defense system operators, who believed a Hezbollah drone entered Israeli airspace from Lebanon, fired two interceptors at Israeli drone, which was not harmed in the incident; Air Force launches probe
Attendance at this year’s holiday event limited to 16,000 people who had to secure their tickets in advance; world’s biggest hillula begins with lighting of candles in memory of 45 worshippers who perished during last year’s stampede
Internal Security Minister Omer Barlev says the march would take place on May 29 along its ‘customary route’ through Damascus Gate, main Palestinian thoroughfare in Jerusalem’s Old City; Frej slams move as ‘dangerous mistake’
Ilana Sporta Hania, a pro-Netanyahu Likud activist, sends death threat in letters containing live bullets to PM Naftali Bennett and his family; police says similar threats sent by her to form AG Avichai Mandelblit
As security forces continue to battle the terror wave, the Israeli Police and Defense Ministry launch the ‘Home Guard’ campaign, training civilians to participate in armed patrols in their hometowns and be first responders in the case of terror attacks
Answering to the calls of his Ukrainian counterpart, Defense Minister Gantz sends a plane filled with 2,000 helmets and 500 protective vests to Ukraine, signaling a shift in Israel’s position, to refrain from a forthright condemnation of Russia
‘You are as much to blame for my father’s death as the terrorist,” Be’eri Raz tells PM as he pays condolence call to grieving family in West Bank outpost; Family can say anything and I must listen, Bennett says
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