A surveillance plane from Denmark recorded a high seas police chase where the Italian police and coast guard arrested drug dealers and smugglers. At the end of the pursuit, which seems as if it was filmed for a new James Bond film, the police captured 500 kilograms of marijuana.

The only building left to be cleared in Amona is the synagogue. About 150 young people have barricaded themselves inside the holy building and are refusing to leave. Police officers have been trying to negotiate with them throughout the night.

After the Palestinian Authority representative to the UN condemned Israel for approving the construction of 6,000 new housing units in the West Bank, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon released a statement: “The real obstacle to negotiations is the Palestinian recalcitrance and continued incit

Shortly after US President Donald Trump spoke with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Trump called the refugee deal that Barack Obama signed with Australia “dumb.” Trump reportedly described his conversation with Turnbull “the worst call by far.”

After several very cold days, pictures of ice-covered trees in northern Israel were captured. The temperatures will slightly increase throughout the day but will drop again when the sun goes down.

A number of Syrian dissidents opposed to the Assad regime told JerusalemOnline that an increasing number of their fellow countrymen now support peace with Israel. Based on this new reality, a Syrian movement has recently been started in order to support peace with Israel.

The U.S. Geological Surveys Hawaiian Volcano Observatory documented an astonishing site: a massive lava stream pouring out of the Kīlauea volcano straight into the Pacific Ocean. When the lava hits the seawater, explosions capable of throwing large pieces of hot rock and debris inland are caused.

Many news agencies around the world ignored the Amona evacuation. Moreover, some of the news agencies that covered the event chose to focus more on the thousands of housing units that were approved by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the past two weeks.