Jerusalem Post

Israir CEO Uri Sirkis has been summoned to meet with the haredi leaders in Jerusalem to discuss the issue.

Among opposition voters, 42.4% said Likud would receive 10-20 seats without Netanyahu, while 37.7% said it would fall below 10 seats. Only 8.3% said Likud could still reach 30 or more seats.

Overnight, the IAF intercepted a drone over southern Lebanon after it approached an area where IDF soldiers were operating.

The protest's organizer said that the synagogue was hosting an exposition of the Great Israeli Real Estate Event, which it believed was selling "stolen Palestinian land."

Additionally, residents in Bandar Abbas, Qeshm, and Sirik reported hearing explosions around 4 a.m. local time, several hours after the reported explosions in the Biban region.

Ramat Gan Mayor Carmel Shama-Hacohen condemned the arson, stating that it was not only an attack on the cafe, but a direct attack on “the character of Ramat Gan as a city of liberty for everyone.”

Weaponizing the October 7 massacre is disgraceful and a betrayal of the very people whose memory should command something far greater than politics.

Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said any returnee suspected of criminal activity would "face the full force of the law without exception," though he did not specify potential charges.

Democrats urged the Trump administration to acknowledge Israel’s nuclear arsenal, arguing that secrecy undermines US credibility on global nuclear policy.

Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Ávila were among the activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, which set sail last week in an attempt to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.

Requests from Pakistan and other countries also played a role in the decision to halt Project Freedom, the US operation to guide ships through the strait.

Israeli hiker Tevel Shabtai, 23, was found dead in Japan after going missing during a solo hike in severe weather on Mount Asahi.

Diplomats said Washington hopes to close negotiations quickly, with the aim of circulating a final draft by May 8 and holding a vote early next week.

"What has to happen in Lebanon, what everybody wants to see, is that you have a Lebanese government with the capability to go after Hezbollah and take Hezbollah apart," Rubio said.

According to Smotrich, while the massacre was a tragic and hard-to-digest event, the intentional aspect of a political partnership with an Arab party represents a greater danger in his view.