Hamas also called for protesters to commit to “peacefulness” during the protest.

Tehran has an interest in constant tension in the south – as well as in challenging Israel through Hezbollah in the north – to wear down Israel, Hanegbi said.

The bill now makes clear that individuals subject to punishment under the boycott act would receive exclusively monetary penalties.

During the holiday, Jewish believers refrain from eating or storing "chametz," all food products that contain leavened wheat and oats.

At a closed-door meeting of EU ambassadors in Brussels on Wednesday, London, Paris and Berlin sought EU support for formal approval of the new sanctions in April, after proposing them in mid-March.

On Thursday, Friedman clarified his comments in a tweet.

The Trump administration has given European powers a May 12 deadline to engage in a conversation over “fixing” the nuclear accord.

Israel had been in competition with several countries that Croatia had asked last year to bid for contracts to supply fighter jets.