MK Shirley Pinto has called for MK Amichai Chikli to be digested from the Yamina party. "If it was up to me, Shikli would have been declared a deserter even when he voted against the formation of the government." "He is a virus in the Knesset of Israel, he does not represent any public, he has not achieved anything and he is trying to make himself king based In a populist wave in the media," Pinto said.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has responded for the first time to the storm caused by MK Idit Silman when she claimed that she was attacked at a gas station in Modi'in but has not yet provided precise details of the case. "Over the last few months, and even more so in the run-up to the budget vote, Idit Silman and her family have been going through a series of extremely severe pressures, slanders and attacks that few elected officials have experienced. I support Idit and all she is doing to get Israel back In track," Bennett commented.

MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) has refused to retract his statement that Prime Minister Bennett is a traitor, saying that " There is no other word for it - he betrayed his voters."

The Mossad has thwarted a series of terrorist attacks planned by Iranian elements against Israelis in three African countries. Among the targets were safari trips in Tanzania and Israeli businessmen working in Ghana and Senegal.

New poll shows Biden losing support among black voters, trailing Trump in hypothetical 2024 election matchup.

Minister of Culture and Sports Hili Tropper commented In the election of Yael Arad as chairman of the Israeli Olympic Committee. "I am convinced that Yael will know how to lead Olympic committee to great achievements, and we will do everything to work in cooperation for Israeli sports," said Minister Trooper.

"The government subsidizes a wide range of ventures, and that's the way it should be," says Minister Tropper.

A 43-year-old man was moderately injured by a passing vehicle while changing a tire at the side of the road In Route 2 northbound from Ma'agan Michael. MDA medics treated him and evacuated him to Rambam Hospital in Haifa.