Outgoing President Joe Biden issues pre-emptive pardons to Liz Cheney, Anthony Fauci, and more on his last day in office to prevent Trump from pursuing them for prosecution.
Thousands attend the funeral of Oron Shaul, whose body was rescued from Gaza a decade after he was kidnapped and murdered by Hamas terrorists in Operation Protective Edge.
Israel’s Tax Authority, acting on instructions from Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, revokes Amnesty International’s tax benefit due to organization’s anti-Israel activities, support for BDS.
MK Avihai Boaron is collecting MK’s signatures to call for ousting of Odeh from Knesset, after he compared hostages in Gaza to the terrorists released in the deal.
Rabbi Yaakov Medan, dean of the Har Etzion Yeshiva, expresses support for Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s decision on ceasefire deal with Hamas. ‘I oppose the deal but I’m not sure there was another alternative.’
Republican Senator Tom Cotton defends Israel, saying deal with Hamas is bad: ‘We shouldn’t negotiate with terrorists, or ask Israel or any other country to negotiate with terrorists.’