US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the risk of Russian military action in Ukraine was high enough to justify the departure of a large number of US embassy staff in Kyiv."We have ordered the departure of most of the Americans who are still at the embassy in Kyiv. The risk of Russian military action is high enough and the threat is close enough, so it is the right thing to do," Blinken said, adding: "The diplomatic path still remains open. Moscow's can very easy show it wants to go down this path- by reducing tensions not escalating them."

Road 2 was blocked for traffic from the Or Akiva interchange heading south following a car accident.Police are In the scene and directing traffic.

A short story. It is as if the politicians said: For every Jewish baby you bring into the world, we will make Instant Jews out of 100 goyim.

A 76-year-old cyclist from dies from his wounds at Ichilov Hospital, after he was seriously injured yesterday by falling into a hole in Ariel Sharon Park.

"You can stop settler violence," says Breaking the Silence, in an advertisement directed at IDF soldiers serving in Judea & Samaria.

The Bank of Israel filed an intellectual property claim in the Ramle Magistrate's Court for NIS 400,000 against two brothers who were convicted of counterfeiting banknotes, claiming that they had infringed the Bank of Israel's copyright issues by copying the portraits In the banknotes.The lawsuit was filed against Or and Yoav Balulu from Ramla, following a criminal proceeding conducted over the years, in which they were convicted of, among other things, forgery of money and possession of counterfeit money and were sentenced to prison and fines.

Hamas' Khaled Mashaal says the Palestinians must act to shape their future and not wait for international developments.

OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann will meet PM and Cabinet ministers, and will attend a special Cabinet meeting.