United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni, attacks MK Gilad Kariv (Labor), who brought a Torah scroll to the Women of the Wall in the Western Wall plaza."Gilad Kariv is trying to provoke controversy and violence in the holiest place for the people of Israel. It offends the dignity of the president who constantly works for peace in the Western Wall and violates any agreement and commitment and acts in violation of Western Wall regulations," Gani accused. "The prayer of tens of thousands of daughters of Israel in this holy place, will bring peace to the world and constitute a huge beam of light that emanates from heaven, compared to the darkness of the reformist Kariv," he added.

Young religious Zionist Torah scholars:Other lands do not have a soul do not possess a life force or express something living. .

Shas chairman Aryeh Deri criticized the government's decisions regarding the Western Wall and the demolition in the Samaria town of Homesh. "We started the morning with the desecration of a Torah scroll and the desecration of the Western Wall by a provocative reformist MK, and now, just before Shabbat, army forces are being sent to the Homesh Yeshiva to demolish houses with children and destroy Shabbat for them. This government has no heart, no soul, no spark of Judaism, and no right to exist."

The Religious Zionism party has issued a statement condemning the destruction of houses in the Samaria town of Homesh, commenting "This government has gone so far right that it has become the extreme left. Yamina members will doubtless vote with the coalition regardless - this isn't something important, like Gantz's Pension law, that made them break coalition discipline. With God's help, we will topple this sinful government." MK Orit Strook (Religious Zionism) added "This government is deep in the pocket of Benny Gantz, who enjoys abusing the Hoemsh Yeshiva."The Noam party commented "Has the government finished destroying all illegal Bedouin construction, or put an end to Arab terror? We must all pray for this government to fall, and quickly."

Citizens of Ukraine warn of a humanitarian catastrophe in the Ukrainian city of Kherson. Local residents reported a major shortage of water and food.

Israeli Olympian Artem Dolgopyat has won the gold medal in the ground exercise at the Qatar World Cup

PA officials report seriously wounded teen from IDF fire during riot in Hebron.(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Russia's chief negotiator in talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal between world powers and Iran said In Friday that he thought a deal was possible in the middle of next week."As far as I know, the Iranians are not ready for direct talks (with the United States)," Mikhail Ulyanov told reporters, according to Reuters.(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)