Smotrich backs Otzma Yehudit proposal to extend administrative detention powers from military to Ben Gvir; Arab parties say government priorities are misplaced

Finance minister selects Zinger, a partner at law firm Herzog Fox & Neeman, as chairman of the Israel Securities Authority, subject to approval

Heads of Conference of Presidents and JFNA -- two of largest American Jewish umbrella bodies -- quietly sat down with hardline minister even as AIPAC, 70+ organizations refused

Finance minister participating in OECD gathering, but turned down for meetings with local counterparts; heads of three Jewish groups said to also rebuff Religious Zionism chief

Netanyahu vows fight against soaring costs, says Israel doesn't have to be doomed to bear burden of higher-than-average prices; Smotrich, Barkat and Arbel not there to hear it

In scathing broadside, Netanyahu ally Shlomo Karhi pans government's daycare subsidies for working parents as only benefiting rich people, says he's lost faith in finance minister

Nomination seen as surprising since it knocks out hardliner favored by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich; Haredi factions yet to coalesce around nominee ahead of vote this fall

Construction of new building in outpost was ‘deliberate dismantlement of rule of law,’ caused 'constitutional crisis' as ministers allegedly approved structure, says Yesh Din

Bank of Israel head urges local banks to improve services by actively offering interest-bearing deposits to their customers

Homesh yeshiva moves from its old site on private Palestinian land to state land, with government planning to legalize the outpost despite opposition from the US