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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu apologized for condemning an incident which three Arabs raped a 20-year-old mentally disabled Jewish girl for "nationalistic" motives Thursday night, saying Friday that he "regretted" commenting on it. "As reported, the incident caused me deep pain and shock," Netanyahu posted on Facebook Friday. "With that, I had no right to relate to it until the issue was investigated, and I regret that." In a post on his Facebook page Thursday, Netanyahu wrote that the rape “is a horrifying crime that requires wall to wall condemnation, but such condemnation has for some reason not been heard –...

MK Shelly Yechimovich (Zionist Union) attacked party chairman Yitzhak Herzog on Sunday, asserting his recent statements to the media about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were not coordinated with Labor party members beforehand. Herzog admitted to Army Radio last week that a “two-state solution” is not feasible at this time, saying, "I want to aspire to it, I want to negotiate it, and I am committed to it, but I do not see the ability to do that now." "In the absence of the ability to do that right now," Herzog continued, "there is a need to implement security measures that match...