TEL AVIV, (Reuters) -Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich approved plans overnight for a settlement that would split East Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank, a move his office said would bury the idea of a Palestinian state.

Israeli protesters demanding a deal to free hostages in Gaza attempted to shut down the country Sunday in one of the largest and fiercest protests in 22 months of war. Organizers, representing the families of hostages,

Defense Minister Israel Katz warned the Houthi terrorists following the launch of a missile, which triggered sirens across central Israel, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, on Sunday afternoon. Defense Minister Israel Katz denounced the Houthis firing a missile towards central Israel on Sunday,

The IDF intercepted a missile launched at Israel from Yemen several hours after the military struck Houthi targets in the country.

Nearly two years of demonstrations have failed to push Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a deal with Hamas that would end the war and free the remaining captives.

Standing at the site of the planned settlement in Maale Adumim on Thursday, Smotrich, a settler himself, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed to the revival of the E1 development, though there was no immediate confirmation from either.

A coin minted by Jewish rebels just before the destruction of the Second Temple – an event Jesus predicted in the Gospels – has been unearthed in Jerusalem.

Researchers link the rare bronze to Shimon Bar Giora; it will be displayed this summer at the Jay & Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel.

The entire West, apart from the US & few Eastern European countries such as Hungary, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria - these modern righteous gentiles - has launched an open crusade against the state that became the victim of a massacre unheard of in modern history.