Anadolu also stated that the arrest was "groundless" and that the information came from a "Presidential aide".

Gutnick has told The Jerusalem Post exclusively that he has chosen his candidate to succeed Netanyahu whenever he leaves office: Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked.

‘We live here in a state of war – all the time, with waves that go up and down’

"The government's surrogacy law is the first law in decades that aims directly to harm the gay community," activists said

The incident occurred on Wednesday when the Swiss observer joined a tour of the area of Hebron inhabited by Jewish settlers led by the left-wing Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence.

The project, so called because there are 929 chapters of the Hebrew Bible, provides study tools for one chapter of the Bible every day for five days a week.

The initiative encourages members of the public to help create a treaty for political discourse.

"We now have to assess whether there was a relationship between bread production and the origins of agriculture," Arranz-Otaegui said.