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Israel's envoy to UK defends call to Israeli citizens to carry guns after Jerusalem terror attack
Ajeyo Basu •The message by the Israel government came after a terrorist attack on a Jewish synagogue in Jerusalem last week in which several people were killed
Benjamin Netanyahu calls Gaza high-rise that housed media offices 'perfectly legitimate target'
•The Israeli prime minister gave no time frame for when Israel would be ready to halt its side of the fighting after nearly a week of Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rocket barrages
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's mandate to form govt expires; Opposition chief Yair Lapid gets the chance
•Netanyahu's Likud party won the most seats in a March election and was given 28 days to build a majority coalition government, but that deadline passed on Tuesday
Narendra Modi congratulates Moshe Holtzberg on his Bar Mitzvah, sends moving message to Israeli survivor of 26/11 Mumbai attacks
•Moshe Tzvi Holtzberg was a two-year-old toddler when his parents were killed in the 26/11 terror attacks at Nariman House (also known as Chabad House) by Pakistani terrorists
Israel grants US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib's request to enter West Bank on humanitarian grounds
•Israel's interior minister said Friday he has received and granted a request by Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib to enter the Israeli-occupied West Bank on humanitarian grounds
Israel bans US Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from visiting its shores; move draws criticism from AIPAC, Democrats
•House Democrat Ilhan Omar called Israel's decision Thursday to ban her from visiting the country 'chilling'
Eleven Iranians among dead in Israel strikes on Syria on Thursday, says Britain-based human rights monitor
•At least 11 Iranians were among those killed in unprecedented Israeli strikes on Syria this week, a monitor said.
Iran nuclear deal: Global negotiation efforts and reactions peak ahead of Donald Trump decision
Fp Staff •Reactions to US President Donald Trump's decision on the Iran nuclear deal are flowing thick and fast as the world holds its breath for the Tuesday 2 pm announcement from the White House. Trump is set to announce whether the U.S. will exit the 2015 agreement between Iran and world powers, in which Iran agreed to curb nuclear enrichment in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. Trump's announcement will come after nightfall in Iran.
Donald Trump to announce Iran nuclear deal decision at 2 pm EST Tuesday, ending a year of bitter negotiations
•US President Donald Trump is set to reveal his decision on whether to keep the U.S. in the Iran deal on Tuesday, a move that could determine the fate of 2015 agreement that froze Iran's nuclear program.
Donald Trump slams John Kerry over efforts on Iran deal, slams 'illegal shadow diplomacy'
•The Boston Globe reported Friday that Kerry, the lead negotiator on the deal for the Obama administration, had been privately meeting with foreign officials to strategize on how to keep the U.S. in the deal. Trump has been highly critical of the pact and has threatened to exit on May 12.