Following the Kensington Palaces announcement that Prince William will become the first member of the British royal family to visit Israel, several pro-Palestinian groups in the UK have called on him to go beyond royal diplomacy and address the burning issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Amid gun control debate following the deadly Parkland shooting, Kroger Co will now be joining two other major US retailers, announcing it will stop selling firearms and ammunitions to buyers under the age of 21.

Amid reports claiming Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster would soon be leaving his post as US National Security Adviser in the White House, a Friday report in CNN said Israeli born tech executive Safra Catz is being considered for the position.

The Israel Police on Friday removed an effigy of an IDF soldier that had been hung from a roof in the radical ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem. This comes as lawmakers are battling over the draft bill.

Speaking before his parliament on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin displayed his countrys military strength and boasted that it outsmarts the capabilities of the US.

A video taken during a routine IDF operation in the East Jerusalem Palestinian village of Hizma shows masked assailants throwing Molotov cocktails at an Israeli military jeep. There were no casualties in the incident.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu answered questions by police investigators for five hours on Friday regarding the Bezeq corruption case, in which he is alleged to have done favors for Bezeqs chief shareholder in exchange for favorable coverage on a popular news site he owned.

In the aftermath of the Russian presidents bellicose speech in Moscow, NATO said in a statement on Friday that it views the threats made against allies as detrimental to international pacts, which demand trust between the involved parties.