Israel

Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi opposes death penalty for terrorists bill

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef said he was concerned about a Jewish terrorist receiving a death sentence, and referred specifically to the Jewish extremists who firebombed a Palestinian home in the West Bank village of Duma, killing three people including an infant.

Report: Egypt asked talk show hosts to downplay Trump’s Jerusalem decision

The Egyptian intelligence officer said that instead of condemning Trump’s decision, they should persuade their viewers to accept it and to consider Ramallah as the Palestinian capital.

Netanyahu proposes alternative to US funding of Palestinian refugee agency

U.S. support funds should be “gradually shifted” to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, which has “clear criteria for supporting genuine refugees, not fictitious refugees."