The National Committee for the Heads of Local Arab Authorities responded to an announcement by Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, according to which the handling of the "Safe Route" program for fighting crime in the Arab sector will be headed by him."We will not hold a dialogue with Minister Ben-Gvir, and oppose entrusting the national crime treatment program to a convicted criminal," read their statement.

Hungary to become first EU member state to open embassy in Jerusalem.

Due to a suspicious object at the Yekutiel Adam station, there will be no train service between the Air Force and Beit Hanina stations In the Jerusalem streetcar line. The train will operate in a partial service format from Beit Hanina station to Mount Herzl station in both directions. Upon receipt of police approval, the streetcar will resume operating as normal

The weather today (Friday) will be clear to partly cloudy. Temperatures will drop, but they will remain higher than normal in most areas.On Saturday it will be partly cloudy to clear, with temperatures remaining higher than usual for the season, mainly in the Golan Heights and inland.Sunday will be partly cloudy with a significant rise in temperatures. It will be extremely hot in most areas of the country. Strong winds will be accompanied by fog. There may be local sandstorms in the south of the country. Towards evening, there will be a drop in temperatures.On Monday it will be partly cloudy with a significant drop in temperatures and a return to normal for the season. Drizzle to light local rain is possible in the north of the country.

The prosecutor's office filed an indictment against residents of 'Anata and Abu-Tor in their 20s who supplied weapons to a terrorist who carried out the shooting attack in Neve Ya'akov in January of this year.The attack claimed the lives of seven individuals.

The Antiquities Authority announces that the ancient pottery found by tourists at Tel Lakish, bearing the inscription 'Darius year 24', is not authentic. Following the publication last Wednesday, yesterday (Thursday) the Authority was contacted by a researcher from abroad, who participated last August in the excavations of a foreign expedition at Tel Lakish. This researcher is Ine of the few in the world specializing in transcriptions of the ancient Aramaic language. The researcher explained that she demonstrated to a group of students the engraving of the inscription In ancient pottery, and then left the find in the mound - something that in retrospect created a deception. The researcher was interviewed, and according to her, she had no malicious intent.

Far-right harassment campaign targets Jewish reporter covering police killings of protesters in Peru.

About 500 leftists who were In their way this morning (Friday) to a "solidarity visit" in the village of Huwara in Samaria, were informed by IDF officers that they would not be able to enter the village.Alon-Lee Green, Ine of the organizers of the visit, protested In Twitter: "Do you realize that at any given moment Israeli settlers are traveling there? They are allowed to do everything, but solidarity is forbidden? We are not going to give up. We will express solidarity with the residents of Huwara and fight for peace and security even if the army does not like it."