Amendments designed to restore powers of Chief Rabbinate weakened by former Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana.

Today (Thursday) is expected to be partly cloudy to clear with an increase in temperatures, especially in the Judean hills and inland.Tonight is expected to be clear to partly cloudy.Tomorrow will be warmer than usual for the season. On Saturday morning there may be a drizzle in the north and along the coastal plain, accompanies by a drop in temperatures, especially in the Judean hills and inland.Temperatures will return to normal for the season.

Likud MK Nir Barkat told Galei Tzahal that he opposes an alternative government in the current Knesset."The right thing is to go to the polls - the people have to decide again. This Knesset [has been dispersed]. We have to go back to the start. We can get a broad right-wing government headed by Netanyahu," he said.

For the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine In Feb. 26, Israel has reopened its embassy in Kyiv for the coming days.Consular services will be offered to Israeli citizens.

Biden may have said 'the quiet part out loud' when he begged for additional finances for 'another pandemic'.

Israeli health officials reported that the number of critically ill COVID-19 patients in the country has risen to 212. 41 of these are In life support.

Official media in Turkey has indicated that Turkish security personnel have thwarted the abduction of a former Israeli ambassador and his wife, as well as several Israeli tourists, by an Iranian terror cell.The Mossad has reportedly evacuated the targets of the kidnapping plot back to Israel.

MK Ahmed Tibi: Ra'am has not learned its lesson and is interested in being part of the next coalition.