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French FM says Israelis are welcome at Games, pushing back on comments from far-left lawmaker; Israeli committee chief Yael Arad says athletes’ first victory ‘is that we’re here’

Members of Gioventù Nazionale, the youth group of the Italian prime minister’s party, were recorded shouting Nazi slogans.

The vote solidified the fact that National Rally has moved to the mainstream.

It’s “absolutely” possible that a far-right party could be good for Israel yet bad for the Jews, said the European Jewish Association chairman.

Hungary’s government is despised by liberals. But Budapest is Israel’s only real ally in the European Union and, as long as Viktor Orbán remains in power, the Jews there are safe.

U.S. envoy to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the Council Israel had accepted the proposed ceasefire and that the onus was now on Hamas.