Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met today with Hungarian President Janos Ader at the Sandor Palace in Budapest.

PM Netanyahu will meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and ministers in his government. They will sign a bilateral culture agreement and declarations of intent regarding cooperation in innovation and technology.

PM Netanyahu will meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and ministers in his government. They will sign a bilateral culture agreement and declarations of intent regarding cooperation in innovation and technology.

It was decided to gradually open the Temple Mount to worshippers, visitors and tourists Sunday afternoon (16 July 2017), and that the complex would be equipped with metal detectors and cameras.

It was decided to gradually open the Temple Mount to worshippers, visitors and tourists Sunday afternoon (16 July 2017), and that the complex would be equipped with metal detectors and cameras.​​​

PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, together with–and at the invitation of–French President Emmanuel Macron, participated in a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the deportation of French Jews to the extermination camps during the Holocaust.

PA Chairman Abu Mazen condemned this morning’s terrorist attack on the Temple Mount. PM Netanyahu made it clear that Israel would take all necessary actions to maintain security on the Temple Mount, without changing the status quo.

​President Rivlin spoke about the importance Israel placed on building confidence and understanding between the two sides of the conflict, and stressed the importance of recognizing the connection between the Jewish people and the land of Israel.

PM Netanyahu expressed his dissatisfaction over Ireland's traditional stance and told FM Coveney that his country does not condemn Palestinians for incitement and for glorifying those who commit terrorist attacks.

PM Netanyahu: I would say you were the indispensable bridge on which we marched to make our return to Africa, step by step, with very sound advice, very, very wise counsel. And together we chartered this course, coming first to East Africa.

PM Netanyahu: I would say you were the indispensable bridge on which we marched to make our return to Africa, step by step, with very sound advice, very, very wise counsel. And together we chartered this course, coming first to East Africa.

Israel deplores any expression of anti-Semitism in any country and stands with Jewish communities everywhere in confronting this hatred.

The connection between the Jewish People and Hebron and the Tomb of the Patriarchs is one of purchase and of history which may be without parallel in the history of peoples.

DFM Hotovely: The decision is a badge of shame for UNESCO, which time after time chooses to stand on the side of lies. Israel will not surrender to historic distortion and will continue the fight against the bias of UN institutions regarding Israel.

Following the UNESCO Hebron decision, PM Netanyahu has decided to cut Israel’s UN dues by an additional $1 million and to use the funds to bolster Jewish heritage projects in Hebron and Kiryat Arba