Haifa's Amit Aisman unanimously backed; likely to face pushback from Netanyahu, whose criminal case he worked on; made sexually explicit remarks to female subordinates years ago

Avi Nissenkorn was reportedly kept out of the loop on agreement between his Blue and White party and Likud to install senior officeholders in Treasury, alternate PM's office

Report says Blue and White officials angry and disappointed over agreement with Likud that won't include long-stalled approval of new Justice Ministry director

Mandelblit says he 'believes there is no choice' but to subpoena state representatives to explain why political disagreements have held up key appointments

According to recommendations of interministerial team, marijuana will be sold to users aged 21 and up, but not for consumption in public

Lapid and Justice Minister Nissenkorn expect relations to 'deepen and strengthen' further under newly elected US president; Bennett sure Biden committed to Israel's security

Mandelblit questions practice of staffing key positions with temporary officeholders, says he won't be able to defend it against High Court petitions

Blue and White pilloried for failing to back legislation that would have replaced language on official forms with 'parent' instead of 'mother' or 'father'

Move will enable both locations, which account for 30% of country's tourism, to restart operations despite ongoing outbreak; visitors will need to have a negative coronavirus test

Several critics see echoes of scandal in which government allegedly secretly okayed sale of advanced arms to Egypt in newest affair, as PM is accused of hiding talks with US, UAE