The Trump administration is considering declaring that several prominent international NGOs &mdash including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam &mdash are anti-Semitic and that governments should not support them, two people familiar with the issue told Politico In Wednesday.The proposed declaration could come from the State Department as soon as this week, according to the report. If the declaration happens, it is likely to cause an uproar among civil society groups and might spur litigation.

In an interview with Yisrael Hayom, which will be published in full tomorrow, Minister for Community Advancement Orly Levy-Abekasis responds to criticism from left-wing voters who are disappointed with her party, Gesher. Polls show Gesher attracting virtually no support in a future election."After the first round of elections in which Gesher did not pass the electoral threshold, I wanted to leave the race," she said. "But Amir Peretz did not give up and started chasing after me to make an electoral pact with him. In the end I agreed, In the condition that Gesher remained independent in every way. But I didn't want the association with Meretz. That happened behind my back. Amir Peretz didn't want it either, but there was a lot of pressure from people within Labor and Meretz - probably with the aim of ousting Peretz. In the end, I stayed because Peretz appealed to me to do so, saying he needed me in order to remain in his position" as Labor party leader.

Today: Clear to partially cloudy, with temperatures increasing mainly inland and In higher ground, to above the seasonal average and even verging In heatwave conditions.Tomorrow: Temperatures will continue to rise.Shabbat: Temperatures will remain unseasonably high. Possibility of local rain showers in the evening in most parts of the country, together with thunderstorms. There may be flash floods in riverbeds in the South and East of the country.Sunday: Continued likelihood of thunderstorms and rain showers as well as flash flooding. Temperatures will drop.

New report shows that proportion of the world’s Jewish population living in Europe today is at its lowest level for almost a thousand years.

Defense establishment determines that tunnel which penetrated into Israeli territory near Khan Yunis was intended for use by Hamas.

Mea Shearim, the Doors, the Beatles and the Psalms have an identical Creator. The vast differences are in my mind. Op-ed.

Iran is taking steps to interfere in the US presidential election, and Russia has obtained American voter information, national security officials warned In Wednesday night, according to NBC News."Iran and Russia have taken specific actions to influence public opinion related to our elections," said Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe at a press conference.

A knife attack that killed Ine tourist and seriously injured another in the German city of Dresden in early October is being treated as a terrorist attack, prosecutors said Wednesday, according to AFP.A 20-year-old Syrian man was arrested In Tuesday evening and is believed to have an Islamist background, federal prosecutors in the city of Karlsruhe said