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her coalition – which also includes Matteo Salvini’s far-right League – has fewer women lawmakers than any other bloc in parliament.

Meloni’s discourse on women is nearly exclusively about mothers, with policies supporting birth rates and families, like providing free nursery school, protecting young mothers in the workplace, or lowering taxes on baby products.

First Israeli to Compete in Saudi Arabia

Olympian triathlete Shachar Sagiv is set to be the first Israeli to compete in Saudi Arabia, as the countries see progressively thawing relations.

Sagiv is slated to participate on Saturday in the fifth round of the Super League Triathlon, a team-based cycling, swimming, and running competition. He ranked the fastest cyclist in the most recent competition in Toulouse and was the eighth-best competitor overall.

Saudi Arabia, which does not generally allow Israelis to enter, has in the past few months begun to issue special visas to Israeli citizens, primarily businesspeople.

“I am very excited to be a trailblazer by being the first Israeli athlete to compete in Saudi Arabia,” Sagiv told the website Sport1. “This is proof that sports connect peoples and countries.

“I hope to have a good competition, move up in the general ranking at the end of the race and retain first place in the cycling competition,” he added.

The annual Super League Triathlon offers winning participants up to $1.5 million, with smaller prizes for winners of individual races.

Sagiv and his brother Ran broke Israeli records in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by ranking 20th and 35th in the triathlon competition, respectively. They were only the second and third Israeli triathletes ever to participate in the Olympic Games.

In November, Shachar Sagiv is set to compete in the Bermuda World Triathlon Championship Series as part of his effort to qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Terrorist Leader Killed in Raid

Israelis have been feeling the squeeze recently, with terror attacks occurring daily around the country.

This week, the IDF continued with its raids against terrorists hiding out in Palestinian territories.

On Saturday night, a Lion’s Den fighter, Tamer al-Kilani, was killed in the Old City of Nablus by an “explosion” that is said to have been a bomb remotely activated by the Israeli army.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Yair Lapid said that anyone who hurts Israeli citizens “should know it will end badly,” after troops carried out another raid in the West Bank city, sparking clashes that left five dead including a top leader of the Lion’s Den terror group.

“The terrorist Wadee al-Houh was killed in the exchange of fire,” Lapid told the Kan public broadcaster.

“Israel will never be deterred from acting for its security. Part of this squad are people who hurt Ido Baruch, and the moment they hurt us, IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians, they should know it will end badly,” he added, referring to an IDF soldier killed in a shooting attack near Nablus last month.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz said in a Tuesday morning Twitter post, “There aren’t and won’t ever be sanctuary cities for terrorists. We will continue to act against anyone who tries to harm the citizens of Israel, wherever and whenever necessary,” he added.

Meanwhile, the head of the hardline Arab Israeli Balad party, Sami Abou Shahadeh, condemned the IDF raid on Nablus as a “war crime and terrorism.”

Israel Defense Forces soldiers destroyed an explosives workshop in Nab-

28 lus in the early hours of Tuesday, the military said, in an extensive operation that led to the deadly clashes that also left The Jewish Home | OCTOBER 27, 2022 over 20 injured, according to Palestinian health officials. Blasts and gunshots rang out for over an hour in Nablus after a large convoy of Israel Defense Forces vehicles entered the West Bank city. Al-Houh was a senior and founding member of Lion’s Den, according to Israeli officials and Palestinian media reports.

Al-Houh, who ostensibly led the group and was allegedly responsible for numerous attacks, was a “main target of the operation.” The terror leader was also responsible for manufacturing explosive devices and procuring weapons for members of the group.

Nablus has been the focus of weeks of operations targeting the Lion’s Den terror group, responsible for a string of attacks on military positions, settlements, and other targets.

The recently formed group made up of members of other terror organizations has claimed a slew of attacks in the weeks since Israel killed senior al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade member Ibrahim al-Nabulsi in late August.

A new price record for a Tel Aviv luxury apartment may just have been set this year at the David Promenade Residences, with the sale of two units for roughly $26 million each.

The two families who purchased them paid NIS 88 million each for 438 square meters of living space and a terrace measuring 145 square meters that can fit a swimming pool, according to Holland Real Estate and Neot Shiran, Tel Aviv, the agencies that closed the sale.

The two-story penthouses are located on the 24th and 25th floors, and feature six-meter-(20 foot)-high living room ceilings and panoramic sea and city views. They were purchased in shell condition; the families will complete them to their own original specifications.

The total price tag for both units amounted to NIS 176,000,000 ($51,187,000).

The price represents a cost per square meter built of NIS 200,000, excluding finishes and purchase costs, which easily tops the previous “normal luxury price” this year of NIS 130,000 to NIS 140,000 set by The Residences at Mandarin Oriental Tel Aviv, next to the what used to be the Dolphinarium.

The 28-story David Promenade Residences on the Tel Aviv coast stands right next to the five-star David Kempinski Hotel, whichopened earlier this year,and directly across from the waterfront. Residents can tap into perks provided by the hotel next door, including the restaurants, the spa, and room service to their apartments.

Maritime Deal to Go Through

After weeks of back-and-forth negotiations and on-again, off-again assertions, Israel and Lebanon are slated to sign their maritime boundary agreement on Thursday at the United Nations base in the Lebanese border town of Naqoura, the Prime Minister’s Office announced on Wednesday.