New staffer to direct Public Diplomacy Ministry headed by Galit Distel Atbaryan, the first woman publicly named to position, alongside 23 male director-generals

Linking issues for first time, Levin says indictments exposed system's failures, helping convince public of need for long-sought changes; Bitan predicts compromises after talks

PM insists coalition's election campaign made clear its intention to rein in courts, warns against 'inflammatory slogans about civil war and the destruction of the state'

Atbaryan to head public diplomacy, Golan becomes minister in PM's office; Yuli Edelstein to chair powerful Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee

Freshman Likud MK calls Netanyahu aide 'chauvinist misogynist' after he reportedly claimed she 'owed' her career to others; Likud party ombudsman asks how tests were paid for

But reports say Gali Baharav-Miara expected to express reservations over proposed amendment that would allow Shas chief to serve as minister despite suspended jail sentence

Party says post written by outside group, takes it down; Lapid calls out Netanyahu for taking any opportunity to 'incite and divide'

Ex-justice official who attacked prosecutors over Netanyahu charges is also given spot; new faces have not stymied criticism over lack of female representation in Likud's list

Ruling bloc heads urge cooperation to stave off no-confidence votes with government in crisis; Netanyahu claims days numbered for Bennett's rule

Addressing demonstration, former Likud minister Amir Ohana rails against the 'greatest theft of democracy in the history of Israel'