Mayor of Yavne Zvi Gov-Ari has passed away at the age of 86.Gov-Ari was released with the rank of lieutenant colonel from Israel's Air Force, and served as Israel's ambassador to South Africa and CEO of the Airports Authority.

Prime Minister Yair Lapid asked for a speedy recovery of the President of the Council of Torah Sages, Rabbi Shalom Cohen, currently undergoing emergency hospitalization. "In my name and in the name of all the people of Israel, I wish a speedy recovery for [Rabbi Cohen], wrote Lapid.The rabbi was hospitalized at the beginning of the week at Hadassah Ein Kerem in Jerusalem due to a severe leg infection, but his condition deteriorated overnight.

Controlled trial suggests these non-nutritive sweeteners affect the human gut microbes and may alter glucose metabolism.(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.)

Border Guard fighters apprehended two Arabs from the village of Kafr Kanna In suspicion of stealing agricultural produce from the Kfar Tavor plantations in northern Israel.

Pres. Isaac Herzog, Turkish Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, welcome resumption of diplomatic relations, express hope for further progress.

The trees were planted In State land adjacent to Jewish homes. A leftist organization claimed Arabs owned the land, but did not bring proof.

An Arab man in his 60s was killed tonight during clashes with the IDF in the PA city of Tubas in the Jordan Valley.The IDF said it is looking into the incident.

This past Tuesday was the first Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight to Israel in almost two years (courtesy of COVID). Op-ed.