Ironically, the hearing has been set for the morning after Rosh Hashanah, during the Ten Days of Repentance, when Jews are expected to search their souls.

Israel is bracing itself for the hottest day of the year on Friday, with Jerusalem expecting 40 degrees celsius, and Tel Aviv 38.

The construction of the four Sa’ar 6 warships was agreed to in a 430 million euro deal between Israel and the German company ThyssenKrupp in 2015.

Train workers monitor tracks as some of them expand in the extreme heat wave.

More than $130,000 has been raised in one day for the more than 60 families of Moshav Mevo Modiin who lost their homes.

NYU President Andrew Hamilton said that Steven William Thrasher had omitted his comments about BDS in the version of the speech he had submitted. "NYU rejects academic boycotts of Israel," he added.

Launched in 2017, a weekly newsletter from a coalition of establishment Jewish and pro-Israel groups has been providing talking points on antiaemitism and the delegitimization of Israel.

Time is running out for Netanyahu to form a government.