Netanyahu government approves 10 million shekels to fund travel to Uman for 40,000 Bratslav Hasidim via Moldova, with direct flights to Ukraine suspended since Russia's invasion ■ Haredi politician Israel Porush threatens to block Ben-Gurion Airport if IDF draft dodgers are arrested: 'If we don't fly, no one will fly'

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa is preoccupied with keeping his regime alive, while Benjamin Netanyahu, who wants a demilitarized southern Syria, is now showing some flexibility. But a withdrawal from Syrian land that Israel took in December is an open question

Democratic Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley called for renewed focus on the hostages and ending the Gaza war. 'There is a profound sense for many Americans, highlighted by the starvation, that the Netanyahu government has lost its moral compass,' Van Hollen tells Haaretz