An Israeli military court on Wednesday sentenced two Palestinian minors to 35 and 32 years in prison for a 2016 stabbing attack that killed an off-duty Israeli soldier and wounded another civilian.
“The military court sentenced…two terrorists convicted of deliberately causing death and other serious offenses in respect to their responsibility for the attack in which First Sergeant Tuvia Yanai Weissman was killed and another civilian was injured in the Rami Levy compound on February, 18, 2016,” the Israeli Defense Forces said in a statement.
The convicted assailants were also ordered by the court to pay a total compensation of 2.5 million NIS (over 701,325.00 USD).

The Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of America met on Wednesday, July 3rd at the organization’s national headquarters.
They heard a comprehensive report about the state education department’s new rules and regulations regarding substantial equivalence for yeshivos and the danger that presents for Torah Chinuch.

There are about three weeks remaining until the parties wishing to participate in the upcoming Knesset election register their lists with the Central Election Committee. According to a poll taken by the Kantor Institute and released by KAN11 News on Tuesday evening, it appears that Likud has dropped to 30 seats, as is the case with the Blue and White party.

Zehut party chairman, Moshe Feiglin, has agreed that if the parties merge ahead of elections, he would agree to be number two on a list headed by Naftali Bennet, who heads the New Right party, KAN Reshet Bet News reported.
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