Saudis also expected to allow Muslims to take charter flights directly from Israel to Saudi Arabia to participate in the Hajj.

Biden, PM Lapid to sign "Jerusalem Declaration" and open Maccabiah Games.

Mike Herzog, Israel's ambassador to the United States, commented In the possibility of equations with Saudi Arabia. "We are moving in the direction of Israeli-Saudi normalization. It will be a gradual process, it will not happen all at Ince as it did with the UAE - but I estimate we will start to see its effects already during President Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia," Herzog said.

The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court will today sentence Yaakov Litzman, former chairman of United Torah Judaism and Minister of Health, as part of the plea agreement he signed in the Malka Leifer case, in which he pleaded guilty and was convicted of breach of trust. As part of the settlement, it was agreed that Litzman would be sentenced to probation and a low fine of NIS 3,000. Today the court will decide whether to accept the penalty component of the plea agreement.

MK Itamar Ben-Gvir told Yisrael Hayom that, "I am not sorry I was part of the 'Kach' movement, but I no longer share their views'.

MK Amir Ohana (Likud) is considering requesting the Justice Ministry portfolio in the next government. Ohana told Kol Barama radio: "We need to make a change in the justice system. I am definitely thinking of requesting the Justice portfolio after the election."

Three people were lightly injured in a fire in an apartment In Hof Hamayim Street in Shlomi. MDA paramedics provided medical treatment and evacuated the three to the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, including a 30-year-old woman, a Ine-and-a-half-year-old baby and a 4-month-old baby.

Head of the pre-military yeshiva in Ramla, Rabbi Aryeh Handler, announced the death of his son Elkana Handler, a resident of Yitzhar.