Lapid would not explicitly comment on whether or not he thought the brewing deal was good or bad, saying there was no longer sufficient information sharing as a result of the speech.
''This is the front line between the free and civilized world,'' Bennett says atop a hill in Samaria, pointing out the proximity of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Israel Radio on Friday quoted a senior officer serving in the IDF Engineering Corps as saying that the military spent the past year preparing for anticipated hostile actions from armed Islamists.
As European Union leaders meet Thursday in Brussels to discuss the fight against terrorism in the wake of the January attacks in Paris in which 17 people were murdered, including four in a kosher supermarket, the European Parliament has urged a greater sharing of information among security forces to combat terrorism.
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has called on Israel to release the Palestinian Authority’s tax revenues ‘’to address the critical financial situation faced by the PA’’, following a meeting in Brussels with PA President Mahmoud Abbas.
The European Union is preparing new sanctions against Israeli settlements which are to be enacted if peace negotiations fail to resume after the 17 March general elections in Israel, the Walla! News site reported citing unnamed Israeli officials.
A statement by US President Barack Obama describing the attack of a kosher supermarket in Paris on January 9 that killed four people has sparked outrage.