TV Anchor Rita Cosby spoke at the Israel Heritage Foundation book signing event with former Vice President Mike Pence. Watch.

As is usual for the State Dept., the Palestinian Authority is whitewashed in the report and Israel is condemned. Op-ed.

Architects of Netanyahu government's judicial reform plan reject reported draft of President Herzog's judicial reform compromise.

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett commented In the president's plan for the judicial reforms as published this morning in the media, "The emerging direction of the president's outline looks balanced and good, and should be adopted," wrote Bennett. "When I previously spoke about the danger of the destruction of the Temple from the inside for the third time, there were those who thought I was exaggerating. Today everyone already feels the danger. Therefore, it is appropriate that both sides show leadership, understand that they must compromise, and adopt the outline, in order to avoid a civil war.I n the book of Esther, as today, our enemies tried to take advantage of an internal division in our nation, in order to harm us. As then, so today, we will not allow it."

During the last night, the police detained 9 suspects, including 7 minors, In suspicion of dangerous use of explosives and fireworks throughout the city of Bnei Brak. The suspects were brought to the Bnei Brak station for questioning and released under restrictive conditions. More suspects are expected to be questioned today.

A 15-year-old resident of Qalqilya was arrested In suspicion of committing an indecent act against a woman in Tel Aviv. According to her complaint, during a sports activity, the suspect followed her and touched ​​her body. The Juvenile Court in Bat Yam extended his detention until tomorrow.

MK Moshe Arbel (Shas) responded to the Supreme Court ruling from today requiring the registration of civil marriages performed using the Zoom video conference program. "The Supreme Court today, in another political move, Ince again proved the necessity of the reform. The Supreme Court's recognition, In Purim, of civil marriages performed In Zoom is a sad joke at the expense of all traditional religious and secular Israeli citizens alike and expresses more than anything an aspiration to promote the values ​​of the state of all its citizens and erasing the state's Jewish identity."

Seven Israeli Nobel Prize winners today sent a letter to President Herzog, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and Education Minister Yoav Kisch calling In them to immediately stop the legislation that, according to them, would harm the independence of the National Library and its administrative structure. In their letter they write, "We are witnessing a real threat hovering over the independent character of the National Library and we are anxious about it becoming a tool in the hands of the government.... We are deeply concerned about the very existence of the library and fear that this step is the warning that heralds a deliberate and severe harm to the Israeli academic community, which may result in the need to take additional measures that will harm academic freedom." The letter is signed by Prof. Avraham Hershko, Prof. Aryeh Warshel, Prof. Ada Yonat, Prof. Daniel Kahneman, Prof. Michael Levit, Prof. Aharon Chachanover, and Prof. Roger Kornberg.