The Times of Israel - Israel

17/07 - 11:57 - drawn-out legal case after the 1994 terror attack has been riddled by corruption charges, including against the now-vice president, and the alleged murder of a Jewish prosecutor

16:20 - Thousands of demonstrators call on PM to resign over graft charges he faces; 2 held in clashes with police; multiple social protests also take place across country

Also, Netanyahu tells UK’s Boris Johnson that Israel remains committed to peace negotiations with Palestinians based on ‘creative and realistic’ Trump plan

15:04 - 14 countries given okay to begin reciprocal tourism with European bloc; intelligence report warns reopening of Israeli skies in August won’t be possible if infection rate persists

12:46 - Michelle Bachelet warns that extending sovereignty over West Bank areas ‘will be extremely damaging to Israel, as well as to the Palestinians’

‘Decisions about Israelis extending sovereignty to those places are decisions for the Israelis to make,’ US secretary of state says.

Senior Trump administration official says meeting this week in Washington will look at how extending sovereignty may advance peace in face of concerns of rupturing regional ties.

Luxembourg FM Jean Asselborn warns move would ‘make it very difficult’ for the EU to sign future agreements with Israel, explains why his country would recognize Palestinian state.

Letter from members of House caucus doesn’t hint at any danger to US-Israel relations; source says one purpose would be to give Gantz an out to resist pressure to green light move.