According to Gallant, Hamas is at a “very dramatic junction,” in which it has to recalculate whether it wants to fight Israel or keep the calm of the past week.

Attlee, who served as prime minister from 1945 to 1951 and died in 1967, sponsored a Jewish mother and her two children who fled Germany in 1939.

In 2000, Deri was convicted of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, for which he served 22 months in prison until 2002.

"Once North Korea really dismantles its nuclear infrastructure, the pressure within Iran to capitulate will be enormous," said security cabinet member Steinitz.

The justice minister explained that Netanyahu is too busy as prime minister to give his full attention to the also crucial the defense portfolio and issues relating to the IDF.

The half-shekel weight will be presented to the general public on Hanukka in Emek Tzurim National Park.

“There are forces out there that want to disrupt that agreement and push us all into the abyss of a confrontation."

"There is a lot of cooperation with the Palestinian [security] apparatuses” in the West Bank “on a daily basis.”