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

Finance minister says strike threat is an attempt to 'take students and parents hostage'; union calls proposal 'embarrassing,' as representatives set to sit down with Lapid

Education Minister Shasha-Biton says negotiations going too slow, days after union head threatens to call strike for start of school year next month

Finance minister asks head of US Federal Trade Commission to ease competition barriers faced by Israeli importers, which lead to jacked up prices for consumers

Trainee doctors protest state's postponement of plan to gradually reduce hospital shift hours from 26 to 18

Postponement sparks fresh protest among trainee doctors; chair of residents organization says government 'failed both professionally and morally'

Treasury assessment identifies 29% average salary difference between veteran education staff and newer faces; teachers' union dismisses data as 'manipulation' amid wage dispute

Proposal significantly improves starting wages, but also increases working hours; union accuses treasury of manipulating numbers

Histadrut chief urges Lapid to intervene: '10,000 toddlers will be left without a daycare center this year'

Affected products include sliced and unsliced white and dark loaves, challah; economy minister vows to lower prices once cost of raw materials goes down