JERUSALEM – The U.S. should be “ashamed” of issuing an official statement on the current violence in Gaza that called on “both sides” – Israel and Hamas – to restore calm, declared a Knesset member from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party today

The time has come for the international community to stop “playing games” and get tough with Iran, declared a Knesset member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party.

The Israeli government is currently banning all non-Muslims from ascending the Temple Mount, considered the holiest site in Judaism.

Danny Danon, the deputy speaker of Israel’s Knesset and member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political party, told a U.S. radio host the world “cannot ignore” the growing threat of a nuclear-armed Iran.