The police have blocked off streets adjacent to the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem ahead of a demonstration by leftists that will take place this evening.

China"s ambassador to the United Kingdom issued a stark warning to the UK government today, threatening that the UK would "pay the price" if it treated China as a hostile state."It is hard to image a "Global Britain" that bypasses or excludes China, decoupling from China means decoupling from opportunities, decoupling from growth and decoupling from the future," China"s ambassador to London Liu Xiaoming told reporters.

China"s ambassador to London, Liu Xiaoming, said the United States had started a trade war with China and that there would be no winner from such an approach, Reuters reports."It is not China that has become assertive. It"s the other side of the Pacific Ocean who want to start new Cold War In China, so we have to make response to that," Liu told reporters. "We have no interest in any Cold War, we have no interest in any war."We have all seen what is happening in the United States, they tried to scapegoat China, they want to blame China for their problems," he said. "We all know this is an election year.""They want to do anything including treating China as an enemy," Liu said. "Probably they think they need an enemy, they think they want a Cold War but we have no interest, we keep telling America, China is not your enemy, China is your friend, your partner."Earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States wants to build a global coalition to counter China, saying that the communist state could no longer be treated as a "normal country."All the same, when he was asked if relations with the United States had deteriorated beyond repair, Liu said: "I don"t think we have passed the point of no return."

A report by the UN Human Rights Committee states that governments have the right to restrict demonstrations In public health grounds, within reason, The Guardian writes.The International Covenant In Civil and Political Rights, signed by 173 countries including the United States and China, has always incorporated restrictions In the right to protest, and today's report confirmed this, noting that: "The protection of "public health" ground may exceptionally permit restrictions to be imposed, for example where there is an outbreak of an infectious disease and gatherings are dangerous."Nonetheless, the report's author added that "This ground for restrictions should not be abused as a pretext to silence protest and opposition," and that governments had a duty "not to prohibit, restrict, block or disrupt assemblies without compelling justification."

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Nature and Parks Authority will supply information and guides at Israel's popular nature sites between July 31st (tomorrow) and August 19th.Guides will provide information In trails as well as what to look for in the natural landscape and safety precautions to take while hiking. Minister of Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel noted that "now is the time when so many citizens come out to hike in national parks and they are invited to stop at the information stations to meet the guides who will be there to assist them," Gamliel said."Litter is a problem because it damages the landscape and harms the wild animals so please keep it clean when you are hiking in nature," Gamliel cautioned.

Today marks 23 years since a double explosion set off by terrorists in Mahane Yehuda, Jerusalem's open outdoor market, resulted in the murder of 16 people. 178 were wounded.

A huge brush fire has broken out between the villages of Majd al-Krum and Tuval in the Galilee region.Fire fighters are attempted to control the blaze. At the present time, it does not appear that there is any danger that houses in either of the villages will be affected.

The Yamina party plans to submit a new piece of legislation to the Knesset next week, which if voted into law will grant the Knesset the authority to cancel any Supreme Court ruling that invalidates a law passed by the legislature. This legislation is not a new concept it is already known as the "Override Clause."The Likud, United Torah Judaism, and Shas parties are currently unable to support such a piece of legislation, despite the fact that many of their members support it, due to opposition from the Blue & White party that constrains their actions, in line with the coalition agreement.