The 47-year-old man, who was arrested in the eastern city of Arnhem on Wednesday, was later released by a judge, on condition he surrender his passport.

Shlomo Rechnitz, a health care magnate who owns 80 assisted living facilities throughout California, purchased nearly 18,000 lottery tickets for all of his employees.

Security forces arrested journalist Muhammad al-Qeq at his home in Abu Kesh, near Ramallah, on November 21, and he has been kept in administrative detention ever since.

Rivlin said that, under the present reality of the State of Israel, the justice system has a more fateful task in upholding the rule of law and in conducting a just hearing.

In 2014, there were 221 attacks in Israel and 55 non-militant fatalities compared to 109 attacks and 19 fatalities in 2015.

In the end it came down to a series of telephone calls between US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Nearly 10,000 Jews, mostly from France, made Aliyah in 2015 after instances of anti-Semitic attacks reached record numbers.

The naval commander listed a number of maritime threats with which Israel must contend, ranging from Hezbollah and Syria in the north to ISIS and Hamas in the south.