Overview

• Knesset Constitution Committee Chair Simcha Rothman described hostage videos as a “psychological missile” and warned against viewing them.
• Misha Iluz and Robi Chen, fathers of abducted soldiers, said Rothman’s remarks caused them physical pain and dishonored the state.
• Viki Cohen told lawmakers her son Nimrod was due to finish military service today after 668 days in captivity and questioned their conscience.
• Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest ahead of his trial on alleged coup plotting after the 2022 election defeat.
• The U.S. State Department accused Justice Alexandre de Moraes of abusing human rights to silence opposition and threatened democratic norms.