The terrorist who brutally murdered Tekoa teenager 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher HY”D has been deemed mentally competent to stand trial.
Arafat Erfayieh, 29, of Hebron, was sent for a psychiatric evaluation at the end of April.

Memorial Day begins in Israel on Tuesday evening at 8:00PM with the sounding of a one-minute siren. Israel will remember its 23,741 fallen IDF soldiers and 3,150 civilians killed in terror attacks, including the four victims of the latest round of Hamas rocket fire from Gaza earlier this week.

There have been reports that Yahadut Hatorah has decided to halt coalition negotiations with Likud representatives due to the Chilul Shabbos expected to surround the Eurovision Song Contest.

Despite the State Attorney’s intention to recommend indictments against Shas chairman Aryeh Deri, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit gave his approval for the appointment of Deri as minister in the fifth Netanyahu government.
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One of the central issues at the center of the coalition negotiations between the chareidi factions and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is the draft law of the Yisrael Beiteinu MK Avigdor Liberman, who announced that he will not allow changes to the law submitted by the Defense Ministry.

Israeli crop protection service teams identified isolated details of locusts in four communities in the central Aravah.

MK Betzalel Smotrich, who chairs the Ichud Leumi faction of Bayit Yehudi, was audible in his harsh criticism of Israel’s decision to once again accept another Hamas ceasefire, insisting that once again, Israel failed to restore its deterrence, which is critical to bring an end to future Hamas offensives.

It has been a half year since the municipal election and Tiveria Mayor Ron Kobi hasn’t succeeded in passing a city budget and a coalition has not been formed. This is because the mayor’s party is a minority and therefore, he has not been able to pass his budget.

Yeshivas Rinat Yisrael in Carmiel is facing a difficult situation following the Chodesh Nissan bein hazmanim. The yeshiva reports it is being targeted by angry secular neighbors, and the harassment has reached a new level, so much so that it has delayed the opening of the new zman.

The United Right-Wing party on Monday held its second coalition negotiating meeting with Likud, presenting the party’s impressive wish list to Likud representatives, which they explain they will have to familiarize themselves with the document.