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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he was committed to working with U.S. President Donald Trump to advance peace efforts with the Palestinians and with the broader Arab world.

The Kitchen at Second Harvest Food Bank, located at 1234 E. Front St., will hold a spring break cooking camp for children ages 8-12 years old Monday, April 3- Thursday, April 6.

The Meet The Neighbors series, presented by SpokaneFāVS and the Spokane Interfaith Council, will continue this month with a chance to meet Spokane’s Hindu community.

The nationalistic sentiment evident since the presidential campaign, complete with calls for mass deportations, Muslim bans and economic nationalism, has led in recent months to intense media coverage of a clearly emboldened array of white supremacist groups across the country. It's a degree of attention that the groups seem to be enjoying.

A man was arrested in Israel on Thursday on suspicion of making dozens of hoax bomb threats against Jewish community centers in the United States, Australia and New Zealand over the past three months, police said on Thursday.

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson will discuss the case that placed him and the state of Washington in the center of the national debate on immigration during a free, public forum at Gonzaga this week.

Many groups in Spokane, eastern Washington and northern Idaho perpetuate religious hatemongering. In Chattaroy, about 30 minutes away from Spokane, the anti-Muslim group Truth-In-Love Project is active. The anti-Muslim ACT for America is vocal in Spokane Valley and the anti-Muslim Pig Blood Bullets settles in Priest River, Idaho, an hour and a half away from Spokane.