Israel’s unity government has long since lost its public appeal, but now it is threatening to unravel completely. Op-ed.

Today, Shabbat: Partially cloudy to clear. Temperatures remaining unchanged from yesterday.Sunday: Partially cloudy to clear. Temperatures will rise mostly in higher areas and the interior of the country. Heatwave conditions across the country dry and hot in higher areas and the interior of the country hot and humid along the coastal plain.Monday: Partially cloudy to clear. Most parts of the country will continue to experience heatwave conditions, at times extreme.

President Trump cancels Florida portion of Republican convention, says US should move forward with reopening for the young and healthy.

For the first time in decades, the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul is open for Friday Muslim prayers, the BBC reports.Earlier this month, a Turkish court ruled that the conversion of the historic building into a museum, decided by Turkey's then-secularizing leadership in 1934, would be overturned, and that the structure, originally built as a cathedral 1,500 years ago and converted into a mosque following the Ottoman conquest, would revert to a Muslim place of worship.In a televised address Thursday, Istanbul's governor told those planning to attend prayers to bring "[face] masks, a prayer rug, patience and understanding."Turkey's religious affairs minister, Ali Erbas, said that about 1,000 people would be permitted to attend prayers at the site at any e time. President Erdogan is expected to be among them today.

Sderot mayor Alon Davidi has decided to subsidize deliveries from local businesses to the town's residents, in order to support the local economy struggling to survive in the going coronavirus crisis. As such, Sderot residents will be required to pay just e shekel for each delivery."Thinking out of the box is vital at such times," Davidi said. "We need to have a delivery service, and it's really important for us to support local businesses."

Senate Bill Includes United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2020.

Police said Thursday evening that, as part of the police activity at the left-wing demonstration in Jerusalem, officers located a demonstrator without a mask his face. An examination revealed that he was a verified case of coronavirus.Later, however, the police clarified that the individual had completed his isolation period a short while ago.

A German court Thursday convicted a 93-year-old former SS private of being an accessory to murder at the Stutthof concentration camp, The Associated Press reports.The guard, Bruno Dey, served as a guard in Stutthof in the final months of World War II. He was given a two-year suspended sentence.