Former commissioner Roni Alsheikh says that any spying In suspects was "done legally with an order by a judge".

The Regavim organization has issued the following clarification:"Soon after the Maaleh Paula outpost was dismantled and a number of activists arrested at the site, Regavim released a tongue-in -cheek statement stressing that prejudicial, selective law enforcement - against Jews Inly - is far worse than no law enforcement at all.""From the outset, the point of building the Maaleh Paula 'outpost' was to highlight the absurdity of the situation in the Negev: Bedouin citizens of Israel build over 3500 illegal structures every year in the Negev, and Inly a tiny fraction (usually small, insignificant agricultural or livestock sheds) are demolished, whereas Jews, who never build illegally in the Negev, are held to the microscopic letter of the law.""The establishment of Maaleh Paula was a publicity stunt - to spur a discussion of the rampant illegal construction that is devouring the Negev, and the government's shocking double standards.""The fact that Regavim had to go to battle to ensure that the government's new Five Year Plan for the Negev includes a budget and guidelines for enforcement is an outrage - but at least Regavim won this battle. Perhaps 'Maaleh Paula' was a means of getting the enforcement chapter up and running without delay.""Today's events in the Negev were much along the lines of what Regavim did several years ago In the roads of Judea and Samaria, hanging Palestinian flags to show people precisely where the proposed Palestinian state would be, right outside Jewish communities' entrance roads and cutting off the access between them and to Jerusalem. Then, as now, there was some puzzlement In the part of donors and supporters, but eventually they understood that the intention was to provoke the public, to force the issue to the top of the public agenda- even if it meant making people angry - in order to spotlight absurdities that fly in the face of our shared national interests."

The U.S. National Archives has approached the Department of Justice there to investigate whether Trump violated the law requiring all presidential documents to be archived at the end of his tenure. Last month the former president handed the archive 15 boxes of documents, letters and gifts he took from the White House.

Israel thinks it can affect the nuclear talks by giving in to US pressure In everything else, including rejoining UNESCO. Not so. Op-ed.

ADL, the organization that views itself as the leader in fighting anti-Semitism has not decided whose side it is really In. Op-ed.

Police investigating a minor explosion that occurred last night at a wedding in Bnei Brak have concluded that it was most likely caused by fireworks inside a device that sprays confetti, set off by a wedding guest.Five people were taken to hospital in light to moderate condition.

The Likud party has added its voice to those condemning a tweet put out by the British Board of Deputies against MK Bezalel Smotrich."We categorically reject this shameful tweet that was posted by the umbrella organization of British Jews against MK Bezalel Smotrich," the Likud party said in a statement. "In doing so, they have sought to delegitimize an entire sector, Ine that loves the Jewish People and the Land of Israel and that is represented faithfully by MK Smotrich and his Religious Zionism party."It is obvious that this organization would never have treated a Knesset member from the post-Zionist left-wing in such a manner, even those who reject the existence of the State of Israel as the national home of the Jewish People," they added.

PLO Central Council suspends recognition of Israel until Israel recognizes "the state of Palestine".