Government

Lapid tries to ignore the economy, security and the middle class by making Netanyahu the only election issue.

One of the side effects of going to early elections is that all budgets are frozen at 2014 levels of spending.

Party faction leaders were actually able to sit together in a room and agree on something.

US Secy of State John Kerry offers no direct comment but hopes new Israeli government "can negotiate."

“Lapid and Livni worked as the Opposition within the government.”

Israel's cabinet votes to approve a reduced order to purchase 14 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter jets.

Netanyahu laid the blame for new elections squarely on Lapid and Livni and the fact that the Likud did not have enough mandates to govern unhindered.

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, who until an hour ago was Finance Minister before Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu fired him, called said the Prime...

"I will not tolerate this opposition from within."

All of the rats are leaving the sinking ship.

Both Likud and Bayit Yehudi have set primaries for January. No agreement reached between Netanyahu, Lapid.

The Knesset's Economic Committee passed its first reading on a proposal which would require government organizations to pay suppliers based on terms of Net+30.

The Levy Commission Report, which examined the legality of Israeli construction in Judea and Samaria, is now available online in English.

Netanyahu, who once scored a stalemate with chess master Natan Sharansky, has everyone in check.

Early elections are likely in Israel next month as governing coalition members fight for control.

The rats run away from the ship so it won’t sink.

Shas head Aryeh Deri said this evening on Radio Kol Chai that if Netanyahu met his two non-negotiable conditions, Shas could join the coalition.

The proposal includes some extreme measures to fight the current wave of terrorism.

But doesn't “democracy” mean rights for everyone?

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon maintains that outgoing US Defense Sec'y Chuck Hagel is a 'true friend.'

Fierce debate, both inside Israel and abroad, has been raging over a piece of legislation that would become a Basic Law. This legislation, dubbed "the Nationality Bill", would enshrine in law the definition of Israel as a state of the Jewish people.

Lapid has everything to lose and Livni has nothing to lose.

Iran says it won't make a deal with world powers over its nuclear development program by the Nov. 24 deadline.

Security leaders re-activate a special unit in Israel as Arab rioters injure four police officers in Jerusalem.

Israel's cabinet decides to clear obstacles for employment of immigrating professionals.

Government ministers are examining steps the state can take to deter more terrorist attacks.

Israel has agreed to cooperate with a UN board of inquiry appointed by Ban Ki-moon, probing UNRWA events in Gaza this summer.

Wholesale discrimination against Arabs is blatantly illegal and racist but sends a strong message to the police.

The state has decided it will not release the bodies of the two terrorists from the Har Nof Massacre.

Israel has a tough job trying to correct 20 years of concessions to terror.