“Hamas terrorists will have nowhere to hide. Anywhere there are terrorists [in Gaza] will be turned into ruins,” says Israel's intelligence minister.

The Ministerial Committee of the Arab Sector, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, approved on Tuesday a 900-million shekel ($235 million) program for the Bedouin towns in the north through 2020 in an effort to further integrate Israel’s Bedouin population with the broader Israeli society.

Jewish and Israeli leaders cited the UN for ignoring the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab countries while focusing solely on the Palestinians.

Israel officially commemorated the tragic persecution and forced expulsion of almost one million Arab and Iranian Jews from their homes and countries of origin starting in 1948, after Israel declared independence as a Jewish state.