Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with French Prime Minister Manuel Valls today. Netanyahu told Valls that he is willing to pursue negotiatians with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas directly, without the international conference in France.

Likud Member of the Knesset Miki Zohar considers leaving political life, due to personal and familial reasons he said.  Zohar would exit his position not long after Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon announced plans of his own resignation last week.

Palestinian media has reported that the funeral of the Palestinian siblings Maram and Ibrahim Taha is underway at the cemetery in the village of Qatanna. The 23-year-old sister and 16-year-old brother were killed by Israeli security guards at the Qalandiya checkpoint in April, after police forces claimed they attempted to commit a stabbing attack. Several knives were found in their belongings.

Nevertheless, the police are investigating a suspicion that the security guards shot the siblings while they did not pose an immediate danger to the forces.

Israel today handed over the bodies of the siblings to the Palestinian Authority.

Zionist Union Chairman and Opposition Leader Isaac Herzog rejected Netanyahu’s recent statements offering him to join the government even though Liberman has been named Defense Minister.

“Netanyahu, in response to your recent offers to renew the negotiations about us joining your government, I would like to clarify in public what I told you in person,” wrote Herzog on Twitter. “The door has closed. This chapter is over. You are bound by the biggest extremists and we will fight you and them.”

Temple Mount activist and incoming Likud Knesset member Yehuda Glick seized the final opportunity to visit the contested holy site Monday morning. Glick’s position will go in effect this evening at 11 p.m. Currently, Knesset members are banned from visiting the Temple Mount.