Shas party ratchets up criticism of Supreme Court ahead of ruling In whetherr Aryeh Deri can be allowed to serve as a minister.

Jordan summons Israeli ambassador after its ambassador arrives at Temple Mount without prior notice, leading to delay of visit.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David are meeting at this time.This is the first meeting of the two since Smotrich took office.

Member of Knesset Avraham Bezalel of Shas explains his comments against the judges of the High Court of Justice of Israel in which he said, "If they rule and disqualify Aryeh Deri, they will shoot themselves in the foot.""The words that were said in the interview with the Knesset channel were not understood correctly and I insist In that. As someone for whom public trust in the justice system is important, my intention was that if the High Court of Justice's decision invalidates the votes of more than 400,000 citizens, this would seriously damage the public's trust in the court," Bezalel said.

Former President Reuven Rivlin addressed the issue of judicial system reform at a conference organized by MK Gideon Sa'ar at Bar Ilan University."I came here because the time is such that we need to express our concern. There is no need to take everything apart when we all know that the main thing is the Jewish State.""The mindset reeks of revenge and settling accounts," Rivlin said.

Large police and border police forces patrolled the villages of Ara and Arara in the last few hours, as part of the operational preparations for the expected release of the terrorist Maher Younes."As part of the preparations, the security forces will work until Younes' liberation to prevent any acts of celebration," said the police.

It is the death of the oligarchy, not the democracy, that has brought the likes of Aharon Barak to scream from the rooftops. Op-ed.

Horrors! Archeologists have turned up yet more evidence of the ancient Jewish presence in the Holy Land! Op-ed.