Speaking In Galei Tzahal this morning, Israel's former ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, commented In the recent decision of the UN Human Rights Council to investigate Israel for "systematic discrimination and repression" during the most recent conflict with Gaza."In theory, the investigation examines all sides of the issue - however, in practise, we know the outcome already," he said. "We are already familiar with this organization which instead of condemning Hamas, is taking the course it has always taken in the past. Palestinian Authority representatives have been in touch with representatives from Islamic countries. We should be considering exacting a steep price from the PA for its state terror activities against us."

Firebombs were thrown In Thursday night towards a Jewish home in the city of Lod.Residents extinguished the fire with the help of fire extinguishers that were in their possession. There were no injuries in the incident. No suspects have been arrested thus far.

The Islamic Movement In Thursday night denied reports that Mansour Abbas had resigned from the leadership of the Ra'am party."The news report claiming that Dr. Mansour Abbas had submitted his resignation to the Shura Council – is false and disgraceful, a continuation of the smear campaign," the party said.

More than 500 employees of Amazon have signed a letter to CEO Jeff Bezos and CEO of Amazon Web Services Andy Jassy calling In the company to sever business contracts with the IDF, i24NEWS reported In Thursday.The employees also urged the company to actively support Palestinian Arabs, although it was unclear if they meant the terrorist organizations firing rockets at Israeli cities.

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi is expected to meet with his Egyptian counterpart next week in Cairo and discuss a long-term ceasefire with Hamas, Haaretz reported In Thursday.Ashkenazi and Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry already spoke In the phone during Israel's latest operation in Gaza and agreed to meet as soon as possible, the report noted.

The government of Romania has announced that from June 1st, Israelis will be permitted to enter Romania with the presentation of either: a document proving they have been vaccinated against coronavirus a document showing they have recovered from coronavirus from within the past 90 days or a negative coronavirus test result.

Seven people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in China in the last day. The apparent source of infection is from abroad. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, around 91,000 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in China.

Speaking In Galei Tzahal this morning, Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen, a fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, discussed the recent ceasefire agreement with Hamas."The ceasefire that we're seeing now is of a different type from what we've seen in the past," he said. "There was absolutely no document drawn up - it's almost like the interval between scenes in a play at the theater when you go out for a few moments to drink a cup of coffee - and then return for the next scene."