Bennett slaps down idea of alternative coalition, tells Yesh Atid leader: stop 'encouraging anarchy'; Liberman says gov't dodging responsibility, wants Gantz to helm virus response

Without calling out Yossi Cohen by name, Yisrael Beytenu leader places blame on an intelligence official seeking to succeed Netanyahu as Likud head

Decision comes weeks after Ishmael Khaldi, who was also first-ever Bedouin diplomat, made headlines by accusing security guards in Jerusalem of kneeling on his neck

Likud calls Joint List leader's presence at event, where Abbas's party and Islamist terror group vowed unity and 'popular resistance' against annexation, a 'new low'

Liberman calls for moves against pandemic to be controlled by IDF Home Front Command; Bennett, taking harder line than coalition, urges Israelis to stop visiting grandparents

Aryeh Deri reportedly asks prime minster to distribute memorandum for bill seeking to recognize only conversions authorized by the ultra-Orthodox state rabbinate

Centrist party mocked by its former allies for opposing proposal it introduced before joining Netanyahu-led government

Ex-ally tells NY Times the PM could annex now if he wanted to but is just trying to 'run away' from corruption trial and COVID-19 economic meltdown; says Gantz betrayed his voters

The duplicitous politics of Israel's longest-serving prime minister have shaped his country's political life and the government set to be sworn in this week

Despite holding just 7 Knesset seats, Yisrael Beytenu leader claims he's the 'only person' able to run against premier; calls Netanyahu press conference an 'election speech'