<p><i>Arutz Sheva-Israel National News</i> is stopping its round-the-clock news updates at this time in honor of the start of Shabbat in North America, where they are being written now.</p><p>Updates will resume Saturday night from Israel, following the conclusion of Shabbat at 19:53 Jerusalem time.</p><p>Shabbat Shalom!</p>

Joint Arab List leaders meet European Union ambassadors in Tel Aviv, urging greater European involvement in Israel and presenting allegations over government policy and Arab representation.

Developments suggest that Turkey is gradually acquiring the ability to project naval power across two strategically important maritime theaters: the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Israel must plan its next steps. Opinion.

Family, friends and fellow yeshiva students gather to accompany Yehuda Yekutiel Katz to his final resting place, 44 years after he went missing in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.

Passengers face major delays, hours-long baggage waits, as fallout from the airport strike continues into Friday morning.

Yashar! surges to 26 seats as Likud falls to 20, while the center-left bloc reaches 60 seats, just one short of a Knesset majority.

The Trump administration plans to again bar PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas from entering the US for the UN General Assembly, Israeli media reports.

<p>Liberman says the opposition must shift five to six seats away from the coalition, increase voter turnout and allow each party to maximize its electoral strength.</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>