Survey shows National Unity party chief also has slight lead over PM in terms of suitability to lead country

Defiant national security minister insists his office has final say, after PM sides with security establishment and pushes off decision on minimizing visitation rights

But cabinet approves funds to aid travelers anyway; PM says when Israel comes under missile attacks people head for shelter, but in Ukraine 'there is no protection'

$6 billion in frozen Iranian funds said expected to reach Qatar within days, triggering mutual release of inmates; Iran will be able to access money only for humanitarian purchases

Funds earmarked to encourage 'voluntary departure,' week after a massive street brawl between Eritrean migrants injured over 170

Bank of Israel governor Amir Yaron and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agree to announce a decision about the extension of the former's tenure after the Jewish holidays

Netanyahu has previously been noncommittal when asked if he'd adhere to potential decision striking down bill; doesn't mention Tuesday's reasonableness hearing at cabinet meeting

Tamir Pardo stands by claim that Israel enforcing apartheid system in West Bank, says Israel 'always had a convincing explanation' until the current gov't was formed

At least 2,059 people are injured, 1,404 critically, Rabat says; Foreign Ministry updates that it has accounted for all 479 Israelis in the country and all are safe

Shikma Bressler apologizes for remark directed at far-right parties, which she said should not be negotiated with; protest organizers dismiss Netanyahu's criticism as 'hypocrisy'