Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, a senior member of the Emirati Federal National Council and chairman of its committee on defense, interior and foreign affairs, visited the shive in Israel for Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabd rabbi who was murdered in the United Arab Emirates.
The American Jewish Committee thanked Al Nuaimi for attending the shiva.
“The United Arab Emirates will never allow extremists to divide us,” the Emirati official said, per the AJC. “Today, more than ever, our country is committed to openness and peace.”
JNS sought comment from the Emirati embassies in Tel Aviv and Washington and from the Israeli embassy in the United Arab Emirates.

The Memphis Police Department arrested a 17-year-old male, whom it identified as “juvenile male,” and charged him with killing an Israeli man last week.
“His name was not released due to his age,” the department told JNS.
Aviv Broek, 21, was shot to death and found by officers shortly after 1:15 a.m. on the morning of Nov. 22 on the 2300 block of Hernando Road in the city. The Tennessee department told JNS on Nov. 24 that “ there is no indication at this time of a hate crime,” but that it was “pursuing all leads.”

A suspected terrorist shooting attack on Highway 5 in Shomron on Friday afternoon has left at least nine people injured, according to reports. The attacker allegedly fired at a bus, injuring several passengers. Authorities have confirmed that the gunman has been neutralized.
Initial reports indicate that three of the victims are in serious condition, while three others sustained minor injuries. Magen David Adom (MDA) reported that emergency responders treated three people at the site—two of whom were injured by gunfire, and one who was struck by flying glass.

The Yerushalayim Municipality on Thursday canceled five exclusive parking spaces previously allocated to the Turkish consulate on E-Zahra Street, north of the Old City.
The decision, made seven years after the initial allocation, came amid heightened diplomatic tensions between the countries.
The parking privileges, approved in 2017 during Nir Barkat’s mayoral tenure, recently drew criticism due to the scarcity of parking in eastern Jerusalem.
Deputy Mayor Aryeh King welcomed the move, saying, “Hostile states, like Turkey previously received compromising treatment from the Jerusalem Municipality. This week we succeeded in correcting the distortion and canceling the benefits given to the Turks at the expense of the city’s residents.”

Gold rose for a fourth day as the US dollar weakened and rising tensions in Ukraine buoyed demand for haven assets.
Bullion climbed as much as 1.1% to trade near $2,666 an ounce on Friday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that his forces could strike “decision-making centers” in Kyiv with ballistic missiles. Meanwhile, the dollar slipped against major currencies, with an index of greenback strength headed for its first weekly decline in two months. That makes gold cheaper for many buyers.
Bullion is still down about 2% for the week amid signs of deescalating tensions in the Middle East, with a US-brokered cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah beginning Nov. 27.

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to appoint a longtime confidante, Rawhi Fattouh, 75, as his successor “provides valuable clarity and strengthens governance,” a U.S. State Department spokesperson told JNS on Thursday.
On Wednesday, the P.A.’s Wafa news agency reported that Abbas, 89, signed a declaration that should his position become vacant, Fattouh— currently chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council—will serve as the P.A.’s supreme leader, “pending the holding of presidential elections as per the Palestinian Elections Law.”
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has insisted that an “effective and revitalized Palestinian Authority” should govern the Gaza Strip after the Israel’s war against Hamas there ends.

Former president Bill Clinton said he could not sleep for two years after the 2016 election, which his wife Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump. Clinton makes the admission in his new book, Citizen—My Life After the White House, according to the Daily Mail.
“The whole thing is hard for me to write,” the former president writes. “I couldn’t sleep for two years after the election. I was so angry, I wasn’t fit to be around. I apologize to all those who endured my outbursts of rage, which lasted for years and bothered or bored people who thought it pointless to rehash things that couldn’t be changed.”

The coalition is drafting a bill to regulate chareidi military enlistment, which, while exempting most members of the community, is expected to be retroactive. This will result in the cancellation of thousands of draft orders that have been issued recently, according to Channel 13 news.
Discussions about this new legislation have been ongoing for several months after the High Court of Justice ruled that the blanket exemption for the majority of the chareidi community was unconstitutional. The court also ordered an end to government subsidies for ultra-Orthodox daycare centers for families where one parent is required to enlist.

A terrorist exited his vehicle at the Giti Avisar Junction near Ariel in central Samaria shortly after noon on Friday and fired his weapon at a Tel Aviv-bound No. 286 bus.
Nine victims, including civilians and soldiers, were wounded by gunfire and shrapnel—three seriously, one and the rest lightly. The terrorist was killed. It was initially thought there was a second terrorist who fled, but that proved not to be the case.
United Hatzalah EMTs Hanan Afik and Tidhar Hozeh, said: “We provided initial medical treatment to eight people who were wounded. Three are in serious condition, one in moderate condition, and four were lightly injured. Additionally, we provided aid to people suffering from trauma resulting from the attack.”

Construction and Housing Minister Yitzchok Goldknopf was photographed on Thursday alongside activists advocating for the re-settlement of the Gaza Strip, as they reviewed a map marked with potential “settlement points.” Goldknopf remarked, “Jewish settlement here is the answer to the terrible massacre and the answer to the international court in The Hague which, instead of caring about the 101 hostages, chose to issue warrants against the Prime Minister and (former) Defense Minister.”
Meanwhile, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa’ar emphasized that Israel does not intend to exercise control over the lives of Gaza’s residents.