In 2000, Deri was convicted of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, for which he served 22 months in prison until 2002.

According to Gallant, Hamas is at a “very dramatic junction,” in which it has to recalculate whether it wants to fight Israel or keep the calm of the past week.

The half-shekel weight will be presented to the general public on Hanukka in Emek Tzurim National Park.

Attlee, who served as prime minister from 1945 to 1951 and died in 1967, sponsored a Jewish mother and her two children who fled Germany in 1939.

Diminutive in size, she has a truly great voice. President Reuven Rivlin dubbed her “Israel’s first lady of song” and said that he had enjoyed listening to her for years.

“Let’s do business,” Minister of Tourism Yariv Levin told the audience, presenting a range of incentives and simplified regulations for businesses seeking to enter the local market.

Tourism operators, business owners, parents forced to be absent from work and beekeepers are those who will benefit from the improved compensation regulations proposed.

The president said that the US had “sanctioned 17 Saudis known to have been involved in the murder of Mr. Khashoggi, and the disposal of his body.”