Senior Harvard professor, charged with firing shots near a synagogue on Yom Kippur, agrees to leave US voluntarily before being deported.

<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated this morning at the Government meeting to approve the 2026 state budget: "It's good that we are going to vote on the budget and finish it before the Sabbath. I see the objective and positive approach of the ministers and of you, Minister of Finance, and we are on our way to bringing a budget - a budget that is good news for the State of Israel. This government, for all those who are concerned about the matter, will complete its term."</p>

After extended negotiations with the Finance Ministry, the welfare tax slated to apply to police officers, prison guards, and firefighters will be canceled, budgets will be significantly expanded, and thousands of new positions will be opened.

More than a thousand leaders and influencers from the United States are touring the ancient Shiloh site in Binyamin, in the culmination of the largest outreach mission in Israel's history.

<p>Geert Wilders, the Dutch right-wing leader, posted a response on the social network X following the Netherlands’ decision to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest.</p><p>“Antisemitism and hatred of Israel in their ugliest form. Cancel AVROTROS!” wrote Wilders, directing his remarks at one of the media companies within the Dutch public broadcasting corporation.</p>

<p>Earlier on Friday, IDF troops identified two terrorists who were carrying suspicious objects and approaching the troops operating in the northern Gaza Strip, posing an immediate threat to them, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit said.</p><p>Following the identification, and under the guidance of the ground troops, the IAF struck the terrorists in order to remove the threat, eliminating one of the terrorists.</p><p>"IDF troops in the Southern Command remain deployed in accordance with the ceasefire agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat," said the IDF statement.</p><p><i>(Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

<p><i>Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' </i>Israel desk is stopping its round-the-clock news updates at this time in honor of Shabbat. Jerusalem candle lighting time is 15:55 on Friday. Our North American desk will keep you informed until the 16:10 EST candle lighting time in New York.</p><p>The updates from Israel will resume Saturday night, following the conclusion of Shabbat at 17:15 in Jerusalem.</p><p>Shabbat Shalom!</p><p> </p><p> </p>

IDF forces concluded a two-week counterterrorism mission in northern Samaria, eliminating six terrorists, arresting suspects, and seizing weapons and major terror funds.