“I am leaving a community in distress. But from the outside, I will do my utmost to help my beloved community,” Pinchas Goldschmidt said.

Although this is not a war in which Israel is directly involved, Israel is affected, and has to mull over many questions, Brodsky said.

Two senior cabinet ministers resigned on Tuesday, causing more than 40 senior and junior ministers to follow on Wednesday.

“We don’t have enough officers, we can’t provide quality service as a police force should," said Shabtai.

The award will be given to Biden in recognition of his friendship with Israel and contributions to the US-Israel relationship.

The man reportedly stabbed his partner before attacking police officers responding to reports of the crime.

According to some reports, the PA security forces seized large amounts of weapons and explosives in the town of Beitunia, southwest of Ramallah, that belonged to a Hamas cell.

There had been "positive steps" taken in Saudi Arabia to battle antisemitism, including changes in the education curriculum and to religious sermons.