Netanyahu cast doubt on accounts of Jewish attacks on diplomats, priests and journalists over the weekend. With the election a week away, coalition calculations are taking precedence

Former chief rabbi, a Shas religious leader, urges voters to shun Ben Gvir's far-right Otzma Yehudit; new Haredi party said to reject pressure from PM to quit race; Ra'am denounces faked billboards

US president says Israeli PM is only candidate who won't leave Washington alone in fight against Iran; PM urges voters to heed president's words and vote for him; Eisenkot and Bennett say only Israeli voters will decide

Co-author of INSS report optimistic that elections will lead to a new government that will be more attentive to security concerns

Observers tell ToI that even if new leadership leaves security doctrine and opposition to two-state solution in place, shifts in approach to Palestinians and regional diplomacy could change tenor of ties

Far-right minister's conduct draws condemnation abroad but appears to be winning votes at home, with polls showing him gaining support where Netanyahu and Smotrich are losing it

Prosecutors also launch investigation of 11 senior military, police and prison officials as suspects; if probe determines charges are warranted, Italy could lodge request for trial

Netanyahu says portfolios sought by far-right politician must stay with Likud; Ben Gvir says premier planning a coalition with Eisenkot: 'The cat's out of the bag'

Via translator, far-right Otzma Yehudit leader takes credit for bringing down car insurance rates and crows about legally dubious measures, but shrugs off responsibility for anything not going his way

When Joudeh delivered her baby, she was malnourished, handcuffed, and surrounded by Israeli soldiers with guns. The Israeli doctor said, "the terrorist has arrived," and dressed the child in grey like a prisoner.

For the last several days, Israeli forces have blocked the main entrances and exits to the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, further restricting Palestinian movement.

The punitive measure was taken after a Palestinian man carried out a shooting attack near the illegal settlement of Halamish, located to the northwest of Ramallah in the Occupied West Bank, on Sunday, September 20.

The attack resulted in the killing of an Israeli settler. The assailant was also injured and later identified as Qadri Samara (37). Samara was shot at by Israeli soldiers stationed at an army post near the site of the attack.

Although Samara managed to withdraw from the scene, later in the day Israeli forces carried out a raid at the HClinic Hospital in Ramallah and arrested him.

Following his arrest, the Israeli army also stormed Samara’s town of Biddu, northwest of Jerusalem, on Sunday evening, raiding his home and surrounding worshippers inside a mosque.

Ben-Gvir calls for implementation of death penalty law for the first time on Samara

In a security meeting held on Monday, September 21, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for the controversial death penalty law, mandated in March, to be used against Qadri Samara.

The law has faced widespread condemnation from international human rights groups for multiple reasons, mainly because it applies exclusively to Palestinians, while exempting Israelis convicted of the same offenses from the same penalty.

Both Israeli soldiers and illegal settlers have enjoyed total impunity despite murdering thousands of Palestinians over the past two decades in the occupied West Bank, a territory regarded under Palestinian jurisdiction in accordance with international law.