"Everything we have seen around the BDS movement is racist," Priti Patel said, explaining that this includes "the antisemitic tropes, the cartoons, the chants [and] the flag-waving."

The Hamas-affiliated Islamic bloc won 28 seats of the council, while the Martyr Yasser Arafat Bloc, which belongs to the ruling Fatah faction, got only 18 seats.

The incident comes several days after the Israeli military downed a drone flown by Hezbollah that infiltrated into the north of the country. 

The new US Ambassador's residence is off of Jerusalem’s Emek Refaim street. Previous ambassadors lived in a large home in Herzliya.

Gantz’s visit comes as the talks between the United States, Iran and Western powers over Tehran’s nuclear program are at a stalemate. 

In one of the most significant raids in recent times, the IAA seized stolen coins from the Bar Kochba Revolt, the Persian Period, the Second Temple Period and the reign of the Hasmoneans.

MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi's departure will give the opposition a majority of 61 to 59 MKs and could bring about an election in the fall.

Israeli security forces were active in several areas throughout the West Bank, including the villages of al-'Arub, 'Abidia, Rifida, Bidu and the Qalandiya refugee camp.