The Knesset votes down a bill that called to recruit all Israelis at age 18, including ultra-Orthodox and Arab Israelis, to the army or national service. [ynet]

The Levy Committee report pushes the envelope of legal argumentation and negates the illegality of settlements. [Haaretz]

The head of Germany’s Jewish community and a leading doctor urge the government to create a new late stating that circumcising boys for religious reasons is legal. [ynet]

Mahdi malware has been used to spy on hundreds of targets from Iran, Israel, and other Middle Eastern countries over the last eight months. [PCWorld]

Officials say refugees returning to South Sudan from Israel are doing better than those coming home from elsewhere. [The Times of Israel]

National advocacy group Bend the Arc expands its operations with a political action committee to promote a more rounded agenda. [The Huffington Post]

American Christians attend a gathering and are largely unmoved over MK Michael Ben-Ari tearing up the New Testament. [Haaretz]

More than a thousand people gathered in the auditorium of Congregation Keneseth Israel in Pennsylvania to hear Congresswoman and Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz speak about Obama. [The Jewish Press]

Matisyahu performs “Sunshine” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”