The plan, pending cabinet approval, won't allow prosecution 'other than in exceptional cases,' limit fines to NIS 1,000 and won't differentiate between first and repeated offenses

Town in southern Negev region hopes to capitalize on its economic priority zone status by drawing start-ups in developing field of non-recreational pot

Panel will look at potential benefits as well as oversight of the substance's use in products; Knesset agrees to form a so-called cannabis committee

Sharren Haskel accuses Meretz of holding up panel to discuss medical marijuana, legalization and other cannabis-related matters, in violation of coalition deal

Jury finds Florida businessman used Russian financier's cash to push cannabis venture and gain facetime with top GOP figures, giving inside look at industry of access peddling

Ra'am party backs legislation, as leader MK Mansour Abbas, speaking in Arabic, makes it clear he will only ever agree to medical use of the drug

New Hope MK blames her former Likud colleagues, who had supported law proposal in previous government; coalition MKs Walid Taha and Mazen Ghanaim vote against

Arab coalition party asks that legislation wait another two weeks, mulls how legalizing recreational use will be received by Arab community

TV report says coalition trying to convince New Hope MK to pull proposal until other sources of legislative backing can be found

Recommendation reportedly to be released in coming days, after Health Ministry changed tack to back recreational use