Palestinian Authority officials did not attend the meeting, which focused on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The discussion brought national security officials from Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Bahrain together for an exceptional diplomatic moment.

The one interest diplomatically that Netanyahu has in advancing elections is that it would put to end an to the uncertainty some countries now have toward Israel.

The haredi parties, despite their frequent threats, are not always ready to topple the government if they don’t get their way.

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah was unharmed in the explosion.

Will Arab soccer fans turn to Israel for free World Cup coverage in Arabic?

“This is the law of all laws,” Likud MK Amir Ohana, chairman of the special committee on the Jewish nation-state bill.

According to Kurdish media outlet Rudaw, the airports will come under the Federal Interior Ministry and be run in coordination with security forces in Baghdad.