Chairman of the Yisrael Beitenu party, MK Avigdor Lieberman, announced he will not enter a coalition of a “halachic state”.
During an interview with Yediot Achronot, Lieberman added, “We in Yisrael Beitenu have five mandates against the 22 of the chareidim and chardalim (chareidi dati leumi), and we see our role to prevent the unilateral initiatives that are liable to turn the State of Israel into a halachic state.”

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IDF forces during the night, Monday to Tuesday, raided, shut down and confiscated equipment from a weapons manufacturing facilty in the PA (Palestinian Authority) village of Beit Ur al-Tahta, located in the Ramallah/el-Bireh governate.

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri has announced putting a NIS 70,000 cap on payments to performers in cities performing on Yom HaAtzmaut around Israel.
Deri was responding to the outrageous reports that some leading Israeli performers are being paid extravagant amounts to perform this Independence Day, some receiving in excess of NIS 250,000 for a single one-hour performance, sums coming from government budgeting.

In the past, yeshiva budgeting has been held up by the Finance Ministry, which at times, holds the funding hostage to political goals. As coalition negotiations are taking place, the chareidim are working to implement a historic change in the distribution of yeshiva funding to bring an end to this for once and for all.

During the funeral procession of the late Kaliver Rebbe, it was announced by the head of Kol Menachem of Kaliv Institute Rabbi Yitzchak Bronstein, that according to the will of the late Rebbe, his grandson would take over his position as head of the Chassidus.

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Hundreds of border policemen accompanied by Civil Administration forces arrived at Givat Maoz Esther on Tuesday morning, April 30, 2019, which is located in the vicinity of Kochav HaShachar.

While Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that playing soccer and other similar activities, by Muslims and others alike, is prohibited on Har Habayis, the soccer continues.
This ruling was handed down in light of the sanctity of the site.

Members of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, were sworn in three weeks after a tumultuous national election.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday delivered a message of national unity to the 120 members of parliament ahead of the swearing in ceremony in Jerusalem, calling upon them “to fight for our common home where secular, religious, ultra-Orthodox, Jews and Arabs … right and left can find themselves equal.”

The trading giant is upping its operation in Israel. A number of Israeli merchants received notification from Amazon in Hebrew, as they were invited to add a shipping plan for Israeli customers.
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IDF Spokesman Brigadier-General Ronen Manelis announced on Tuesday morning that the rocket fired on Monday from Gaza was fired by the Islamic Jihad. Manelis said the rocket fell kilometers from the coast after the terrorists fired it to land in Israel.