Belgium remains a "friend of Israel" with which it maintains "frank and cordial" diplomatic relations despite some occasional points of disagreement in particular on the "settlement policy," a Belgian official told a local Jewish leader.
At the request of Likud ministers Netanyahu calls ministerial meeting to deal with Jewish homes in W. Bank that are in danger of being evacuated; meeting expected to cover homes in Hebron, Migron and Ulpana.
Israel and the European Union have finalized negotiations on a comprehensive aviation agreement during a final round of negotiating in Tel Aviv last week.
Former U.S. Ambassador to U.N. John Bolton says the leak about Israeli activities in Azerbaijan was orchestrated by the administration, not a rogue source • Israeli sources tell Time magazine that the Mossad has been curtailing its covert operations in Iran by “dozens of percent.”
1 Palestinian killed, dozens injured in clashes; police, border patrol arrest 34 activists during protests at Kalandiya, e. J'lem, Bethlehem; IDF: Real tests still to come on Nakba, Naksa, Prisoners' Days.
Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah was buried in his hometown Toulouse on Thursday, despite a protest by the French city's mayor after the serial killer's homeland Algeria refused his corpse.
