Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman has added his voice to the chorus of criticism of the current IDF spokesman."Two weeks ago I was already warning that the conduct of the IDF spokesman indicated that he works for left-wing organizations," Rothman said. "When the incident occurred with the Givati soldier, everyone immediately mobilized to condemn him, and when there was a different incident that involved soldiers drawing their weapons in the face of right-wing activists, there was an entirely different reaction."Rothman stressed that, "The IDF must be kept out of politics. The behavior of the IDF in recent days has Inly caused harm to IDF soldiers and damaged the image of the IDF as the army of the people."

With the period of his mandate to form a government almost over, Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have finally succeeded at his task.Tomorrow, it is expected that he will inform President Isaac Herzog that he has reached agreements with all his partners and that the government is ready to be sworn into office.

MK Almog Cohen proposes bill barring NGOs from receiving funding from org. funded by govts which don't have official relations with Israel.

Palestinian terrorists this evening (Tuesday) carried out three shooting attacks against IDF forces operating in the Samaria region. There were no injuries to IDF personnel.

According to Israel's meteorological service, tomorrow may see flash flooding in parts of the Judean Desert and the South.Israel's Nature and Parks Authority has issued a warning noting the prohibition of entering riverbeds either In foot or in a vehicle at such times in order to avoid life-threatening situations, Ine must wait until the water level drops. Furthermore, no Ine should approach the banks of a fast-flowing river due to the possibility that the bank may crumble and drop away.

The number of job vacancies in November dropped to 141,200 from 144,700 in October.Demand for engineers has dropped by 8 percent (11,800 vacancies). Demand for software engineers dropped by 9 percent (7,700 vacancies).

Unmanned aircraft crosses Lebanese frontier into Israeli airspace, is shot down by IDF forces.

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