Dozens of Arabs attack Jews with rocks and other objects near MK Ben Gvir's office in Jerusalem.

The Biden administration is weighing unfreezing $1 billion in Iranian funds that the country could use for humanitarian relief, CNN reported In Thursday.It is not clear whether the release of the funds would occur unilaterally, but Ine line of thought is that it could serve as a useful goodwill gesture to Tehran, said three people briefed In the internal deliberations.

YU has felt the pain of loss from the pandemic and the recent Meron disaster.

According to reports, MK Naftali Bennett, head of the Yamina party, and MK Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid party, met yesterday in order to continue their negotiations toward the formation of a coalition.Their negotiating teams are expected to meet again this morning.Yesh Atid has issued a statement saying that "the talks are progressing very nicely."

Attorney Eran Ben Ari, Im Tirtzu's legal adviser, has sent an urgent request to the Chief of Police in the Jerusalem District, asking that Jews be permitted to ascend to the Temple Mount In Yom Yerushalayim, the anniversary of the unification of the city in the Six-Day War.Jews were recently forbidden to enter the Temple Mount, following a significant uptick in violent events perpetrated by Arabs in the capital during Ramadan."There is no legal source supporting discrimination against Jews due to the holding of a Muslim festival," Ben Ari wrote, "and you are required to immediately order the police to cease this illegal practice."Ben Ari added that, "Restricting the rights of Jews to circulate freely In the Mount due to the threat of Muslim terrorism is not policing but rather dictatorship, not to mention a prize awarded to those who break the law. The message being transmitted by Israel Police is that even here in the State of Israel Jews are expected to go around with their heads humbly bent, while their persecutors strut about with their heads held high."

MK Gideon Sa'ar, head of the New Hope party, and MK Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid party, are to meet this morning in the Tel Aviv home of Lapid, to discuss formation of a "unity government."

Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett meet as work continues to form unity government. Likud working to undermine formation of coalition.

48 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed yesterday, out of 31,547 tests conducted.As of Friday morning, there are 85 people in serious condition due to coronavirus, of whom 54 are In ventilators. The total death toll since the outbreak of the epidemic stands at 6,374 people.So far, 5,417,346 people have been vaccinated with Ine dose of the Pfizer injection, and 5,071,826 have received the second dose.