Despite calls from British lawmakers to cancel the event over concerns that it would promote West Bank settlements, organizers denied any such sales. Police, including a specialist rapid-response unit and helicopter, tried to keep the groups apart
A Brussels-based outlet reported that EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas compared Israel's treatment of Palestinians to apartheid-era South Africa, prompting the American Jewish Committee to say the alleged remarks 'fuel a dangerous campaign to delegitimize Israel'
Transportation Minister Miri Regev warned Netanyahu that unless U.S. refueling planes are removed from Ben-Gurion Airport within two days, more than 2 million tickets could be canceled, including Bratslav Hasidim's trips to Uman for Rosh Hashanah