New teachers to receive NIS 9,000 a month under agreement, principals to start at NIS 19,000; vacation schedule to be changed

Petition rejected on technicality; attempt indicates officials pessimistic deal can be reached by Thursday, first day of school year

Yaffa Ben David says aim is to iron out details 'as quickly as possible,' with significant hurdles cleared in negotiations; sides reportedly still at loggerheads over vacation days

Finance Ministry says 20-30 agorot will be shaved off cost per liter, bringing price to lowest in over a year; cut had been expected to be 30-40 agorot

‘If the sides have good will… we can close this in a few hours,’ education minister says, as treasury officials reportedly insist nothing finalized yet

Finance minister reports 'movement' and goodwill 'on all sides' to reach agreement before September 1 school reopening; union says Treasury needs to stop blocking progress

Finance minister says he was 'forced' into move as teachers threaten to strike upon start of school year; education minister accuses Liberman of undermining talks

Finance Ministry official Kobi Bar-Nathan vows to do 'everything in our power' to avoid a strike on September 1

Talks set to resume on Monday after Lapid speaks with involved parties to try to speed up process, avert strike on September 1

His core base of FSU voters is dwindling, he's left the Netanyahu bloc and partnered with Arab and left-wing parties. It's hard to see where Yisrael Beytenu can draw fresh support