The Israel Defense Forces in cooperation with Israeli Police raided the Balata refugee camp in Nablus in the early hours of Monday morning, where it confiscated weapons and destroyed an explosives laboratory. In an exchange of fire in the refugee camp, three terrorists who shot at the Israeli security forces were killed, and the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that it was Fatehi Abu Rizq, Abdullah Abu Hamdan, and Muhammad Abu Zaytun. According to the Palestinian Authority, another Palestinian was mortally wounded, and two other armed men were seriously injured. IDF forces took the weapons that were on two of the terrorists who were killed.

22 May 2023

Read more: Special Forces Raid Nablus Explosives Lab Run By Abbas' Fatah

“The Women of the Wall”, a feminist activist group that seeks to push for female Torah readings at the Western Wall, something considered an extreme provocation, tried Sunday morning to bring a Torah scroll into the Western Wall plaza, and they were forcefully prevented by the security guards in the scene.

21 May 2023

Read more: “Women Of The Wall” Caught 'Smuggling' A Torah Into Western Wall Plaza

According to a report initially published by “Maariv” in Israel, following the contacts that began about a year ago, there is a possibility that Muslims living in Israel will be able to arrive by direct flights from Tel Aviv or the Ramon Airport to Saudi Arabia for the purpose of the pilgrimage to Mecca. These reports have evoked resonance and new hope in Arab-Israeli society. The Hajj will be held this year between the dates June 26 to July 1. Last year, about 2,700 pilgrims left Israel, and this year their number is expected to increase to about 4,500. 

21 May 2023

Read more: Saudi Arabia Expected To Allow Arab-Israelis To Fly Direct From Israel To Mecca

Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir ascended the Temple Mount Sunday morning after refraining from doing so on Jerusalem Day itself, as he had done in previous years. "We are the homeowners here," said Ben Gvir in the mountain compound. "All the threats of Hamas will not help, we are the owners of Jerusalem and the entire Land of Israel."

21 May 2023

Read more: Minister Ben Gvir Tours Temple Mount, Jordan Slams Visit As Provocation

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen offered Rabbi Leo Dee, who lost his wife Lucy and daughters Maia and Rina in a terrorist attack during Passover, to serve as a special envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Jewish communities in the Diaspora. Rabbi Dee, a resident of Efrat, is the father of three children in addition to the two daughters who were murdered.

19 May 2023

Read more: Rabbi Dee Tapped To Be Special Israeli Envoy To The Jewish Diaspora