Ahmad Majdelani, a senior official in the Palestinian Authority, insists that Israel is already conducting negotiations toward normalization with five additional countries including Sudan, Oman, and Mauritania.He added that if the Israelis thinks it can move toward normalization with Arab countries without resolving the Palestinian question, they are mistaken.

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein has insisted that the impending lockdown is vital as well as justified - it will come into effect tomorrow at two o'clock in the afternoon."Once we're out of this situation, there'll be plenty of time to make a reckoning of what was done and what could have been done better," he said. "Right now, we're at war. I am being deluged with questions regarding why we are permitting communal prayer at all - all I can say is that it's because this is something that affects not just the religious and the haredim, but also the majority of the Israeli public In Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur."Edelstein then called for "each person to show responsibility, and stop asking why protests are permitted or prayers are permitted - instead, each person should ask himself what he can personally do to make sure that the regulations succeed in their objective."

Released for publication: Israeli security forces operating in various locations have uncovered Hezbollah and Iranian Quds Force activities within Israel.One woman, Yasmin Jabbar, a resident of Jerusalem's Old City who is a librarian in the National Library, has been arrested In suspicion that she was recruited by Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Ad Kan Organization warns of anti-Israel campaign planned by 'Samidoun' org between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Minister Zeev Elkin, appointed to head a government committee to investigate the possibility of allowing Breslov chassidim to travel to Uman for Rosh Hashanah, announced this morning that Ukraine has given its final word In the issue, and will not allow the chassidim to enter the country.Thousands of chassidim have been at the border between Belarus and Ukraine for the last few days, after rumors emerged that Ukraine would allow them to enter the country. Elkin has now appealed to those still in Belarus and also in Moldova to return to Israel as soon as they can, in order to arrive in time for Rosh Hashanah.

'Doctors and scientists demand halt to closure, the decision of which to impose is based In zero transparent information to the public.'

MK Uriel Busso (Shas) has appealed to the Health Minister and Finance Minister, asking them to freeze all meetings of the committee that approves additions to the public health basket.According to him, "The trend of discrimination in the committee continues, with members blatantly ignoring the ultra-Orthodox and Sephardic sectors."

According to Galei Tzahal, El Al will be resuming passenger flights from October 1, and cargo flights from September 21.