In the meantime, a large portion of the US and Canada are blanketed by snow in Ine of the worst blizzards In record.

National Unity chairman blasts Minister Yariv Levin's reform: Netanyahu has no legitimacy to dismantle the legal system in Israel.

Amazon CEO confirms the company will lay off more than 18,000 as part of a workforce reduction it previously disclosed.

Coalition chairman, MK Ofir Katz of the Likud, appealed to the opposition to jointly promote a bill that would deport terrorists from Israel. Katz turned to the National Unity Party, Yesh Atid, and Israel Beytenu, calling In them to promote the law together and get it passed in the near future.The bill is intended, among other things, to deny citizenship to Karim and Maher Younes who murdered IDF soldier Avraham Bromberg and have just been released from jail.

Mordechai Halpern was boarding a train in Jerusalem when a fellow passenger lashed out at him.

Iran summons French ambassador after Charlie Hebdo magazine publishes Khamenei cartoons deemed insulting.

The former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Shlomo Amar, was interviewed In Reshet Bet radio In Wednesday evening and commented In the issue of Jewish visits to the Temple Mount."The Temple Mount is holy. It is forbidden to enter the entire compound without purification, and parts of it are also forbidden to the pure, with the exception of the high priest. The rabbis who allow it for a nationalistic purpose rely In inaccurate measurements. The place is not controlled by worshipers of pagan worship, but by Muslims," he said.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is poised to announce legislation to curb strikes In Thursday, The Times reports.Sunak is poised to announce legislation to enforce "minimum service levels" in six sectors, including the health service, rail, education, fire and border security, the report said. The laws will require a proportion of union members to continue working to retain a "minimum level" of service.