Minister Betzalel Smotrich, the number two man on the Bayit Yehudi list, called on New Right party chairman, Naftali Bennet, not to split the right-wing vote again to “avoid having right-wing votes trashed in the upcoming election in September”.
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Wall Street applauded a cease-fire in the U.S. trade war with China and started July with a bang.
The S&P 500 index was on track for a record high and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained more than 130 points in midday trading Monday.
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A Jerusalem district police undercover unit on Monday afternoon apprehended three suspects for throwing rocks at the Jerusalem light rail.
The masked attackers were detected by the undercover police operating in the Shuafat area in Jerusalem, as they were throwing rocks at the light rail, resulting in damage.

Sudanese activists said on Monday that at least 11 people were killed in clashes with security forces during mass demonstrations demanding a transition to civilian rule.
Tens of thousands of Sudanese flooded the streets of the capital, Khartoum, and other areas on Sunday in the biggest protests since security forces cleared a sit-in last month.

Facebook says it will make advertisements for U.S. jobs and for loans, financing and credit card offers searchable for all users under a legal settlement designed to eliminate discrimination blamed on its highly customized ad-targeting.
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The chairman of the Blue and White party, MK Benny Gantz, used the Herzliya Conference to announce his solution to ongoing Hamas-based terrorism in Gaza.
“I know how to restore the deterrence.
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The following is via ABC News:
Federal authorities are warning that white supremacists and other political radicals could look to attack Independence Day revelers on July 4, noting in a bulletin to law enforcement around the country that domestic terrorists “have attacked perceived oppressors, opponents, or enemies engaged in outdoor First Amendment-protected rallies or protests during past summers.”

Close to 600 people flocked to the RCA to witness Rabbi Israel Lau, former chief Rabbi of Israel, preside over the Rabbinical Ordination ceremony for 125 students. Family, friends and supporters hailed from 12 countries and 15 States to be present at this auspicious event.

A Facebook mail processing warehouse has been evacuated as Silicon Valley officials try to determine what caused a bag of mail to test positive for the nerve agent sarin.
Menlo Park Fire Marshal Jon Johnston said Monday that incoming mail going through routine processing tested positive for sarin.

A man was killed when a large safe fell on top of him in Manhattan’s Chinatown Sunday.
The apparent accident happened around 4:30 p.m. local time inside a building at 76 Mott Street.
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