On Sunday afternoon, the head of the Religious Zionism Party, MK Bezalel Smotrich, responded to the rejection of the Jerusalem Sovereignty Law in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation. “The bill to preserve Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem was pushed off for four months despite the fact that the Defense establishment supports it,” Smotrich said • Full Story

In the wake of the severe incident during the riot on Shabbos, when a Border Police sniper was critically injured after Arabs stormed the fence, the IDF bolstered its forces on the border ahead of the riot, including an armored company and an additional sniper unit • Full Story

Just three months after Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired rockets at Jerusalem, spurring Operation Guardian of the Walls, the border town of Sderot appears to be on the road to recovery. The streets are bustling, and the town is filled with well-kept parks and playgrounds. The local real-estate market is booming. But underneath the veneer of normalcy, the scars of years of rocket fire run deep • Full Story

Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawi-Zoabi said on Sunday that her party and the Islamist Ra’am party will prevent Prime Minister Naftali Bennett from launching a military operation. Zoabi said: “Prime Minister Naftali Bennett knows that if the government carries out out a military operation, the coalition will fall because Metetz and Ra’am won’t agree to it” • Full Story

In the first acknowledged airstrikes since 2014, the IDF carried out airstrikes on Lebanon in the early hours of Thursday morning in response to three rockets launched into Israel on Wednesday. “We absolutely condemn the rocket attacks from armed groups based in Lebanon that were fired into Israel,” US State Department Spokesman Ned Price said. “Israel has the right to defend itself against such attacks” • Full Story

On Wednesday afternoon, just after 12:00p.m., air raid sirens sounded in Kiryat Shmona, Tel Hai, and Kfar Giladi, on Israel’s northern border.A short while ago, IDF artillery forces struck in Lebanese territory in response to the rockets fired from Lebanon at Israeli territory, an IDF statement said. The strike is the IDF’s third within two hours • Full Story

Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the Religious Zionism party, tweeted about the incident, saying, “Where is the government’s promise of military protection once the residents [of Evyatar] left? Their promises were written in frost and are melting in the fire” • Full Story

According to the sources quoted in a recent report, Bennett has refused to allow the Civil Administration Zoning Committee to schedule a routine meeting to approve new construction in Yehuda and Shomron. The sources asserted that Bennett’s continuous postponement of the meeting spells a construction freeze over the Green Line since all new construction must first be approved at the meeting • Full Story

On Wednesday night, three teenage boys traveling from the Barkan neighborhood to the Gav Hahar settlements via the old road through Jamma’in were attacked by an Arab mob. Two of the youths managed to escape, but the third was wounded. IDF forces, police, and a large medical contingent arrived at the scene to assist the wounded youth, who was evacuated to Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva • Full Story

The reason that Jews have prayed for thousands of years at the Western Wall is that this is the closest they could get to Temple Mount and the site of the Holy of Holies. The Western Wall is not part of the temple itself but merely a supporting wall for Temple Mount. No Jew ever thought that this would serve forever as a replacement for the Temple • Full Story

Fifteen years ago, Ariel Sharon, facing indictment along with his sons for far-reaching corruption, decided to protect himself from prosecution by rendering Gaza and the northern Shomron Judenrein. The Lubavitcher Rebbe incessantly drilled into his chassidim the grave danger posed by even so much as talking about territorial compromise, never mind actually ceding land to terrorists. I could not stand idly by • Full Story

Today marks 16 years since the disastrous disengagement from Gaza, where our brothers and sisters were forced out of their homes in order to hand over mass swaths of land to the evil terrorists and sonei yisroel. Photographer Yisrael Bardugo was present on the ground that fateful day, capturing many heartrending moments from the tragedy • Photos

The United Arab List (Ra’am) announced Wednesday afternoon that it would oppose another law that is due to be voted on imminently in the Knesset. While the coalition largely backs the legislation, the United Arab List has thus far refused to agree to support the bill, forcing the government to push off the preliminary vote in the Knesset plenum • Full Story

Religious Zionist chairman Betzalel Smotrich blasts PM Naftali Bennett during Knesset discussion: Secretly, you despise the camp of which you were a part until yesterday • Full Story

The US will prioritize placing pressure on Israel regarding its policy of demolishing the homes of terrorists, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday. “We attach a good deal of priority to this, knowing that the home of an entire family shouldn’t be demolished for the action of one individual,” Price said at a press briefing • Full Story

MK Walid Taha doesn’t specify why Islamist party is threatening to boycott further Knesset votes, but sources say Ra’am is upset about coalition’s outreach to Joint List, general disregard for its core demands • Full Story

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett reacted Tuesday to his government’s failure to pass a Knesset motion renewing a law that bars Palestinian family reunification, accusing the opposition of “purposefully and directly” damaging Israel’s security. While the right-wing Likud and Religious Zionism opposition parties support the law in principle, they voted against extending it, along with the ultra-Orthodox parties and the Joint List, in order to embarrass the government • Full Story

The compromise outline between the residents of the community of Evyatar in Samaria and the government was officially signed by Cabinet Secretary Shalom Shlomo on Wednesday night. According to the outline, the town will be evacuated from its residents until Friday at 4:00 p.m • Full Story

The Israeli security establishment is gearing up for the planned evacuation and demolition of the fledgling community of Evyatar in Samaria, in what is expected to be a large-scale operation to remove residents and raze the dozens of buildings erected • Full Story

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid vowed that the fledgling town of Evyatar in Samaria will be demolished. Over the weekend, the government rejected an appeal by the residents against the Civil Administration’s demolition order for the town, and a request to normalize its status, which would have the town legally defined as a neighborhood of Kfar Tapuah • Full Story

Arab-Israeli Labor MK Ibtisam Mara’ana stated on Sunday that she will be joining Ra’am and Meretz MKs Issawi Frej and Mossi Raz of Meretz in voting against the Family Reunification Law, which is rescheduled for a Knesset vote on Monday • Full Story

Ra’am MK Saeed Alkharumi seems to have formed a habit of making threats. It began on Sunday morning when he threatened to oppose the new government due to his dissatisfaction with some parts of the coalition agreements regarding the Negev • Full Story

The enemies of the Jewish people want Israel to return the “territories,” they want them to return the old city of Yerushalayim, and they want to establish a Palestinian government. You can subscribe to “The Daily Video” from Maor, delivered right to your Whatsapp by texting “Subscribe” to 718-687-8900 or visiting MrMaor.org • Watch

The settlement of Evyatar was established immediately after the murder of Evyatar Borowski in a stabbing attack at the Tapuach junction 8 years ago, and its construction was renewed about a month ago after the murder of Yehuda Guetta in the shooting attack at the Tapuach junction. Roads were paved and a nursery, study hall, water, electricity, and internet infrastructure were established • Full Story

Chairman of the Religious Zionist party and staunch supporter of Chabad activities in Israel, Betzalel Smotrich heaped scathing criticism on Yamina leader Naftali Bennett on Tuesday. Smotrich rejected Yamina’s claim that no anti-religious laws will be passed due to the party’s right to veto any laws. “Yamina continues to lie and claim that despite all the terrible things in the agreements between Lapid and the left-wing bloc, they have a veto over everything,” Smotrich said. “The reality is completely the opposite” • Full Story