Reports say Mandelblit backed away from offer amid scathing criticism from justice officials; talks said to have been going on for 5 months, now demanding 'moral turpitude' clause

President's reference to Jerusalem ostensibly agreeing to a settlement freeze was a slip, Times of Israel told

President Rivlin condemns verbal assault on Channel 12's Amnon Abramovich; Gantz says journalists must not be threatened, for democracy's sake