Netanyahu pushing rare building permits in Area C under US pressure ahead of peace plan unveiling; right criticizes plan, but URWP's Smotrich accepts it

Former defense minister calls Jewish state's 'conflict' with minority more difficult to resolve than reconciliation with Palestinians, Arab world

Yair Lapid says party will support canceling elections if Likud chooses another leader as talk of scrapping poll intensifies

As he assigns cabinet portfolios, is the prime minister deliberately undermining senior Likud members who may pose a political threat?

Yisrael Beytenu leader is not quite the crusader against 'religious coercion' he claims to be, or the 'leftist' that Netanyahu says he is. So why did he push Israel to elections?

PM faces challenges from right and left, still faces tough task of cobbling together a coalition, should Likud gain most seats in September

How a desperate PM was reduced to subjecting Israel to a new round of voting, why a second election could produce a different result, and where Liberman hopes this could yet lead

With clock ticking, PM may seek to exercise a never-before-used legal provision to secure another 2 weeks for negotiations if no deal reached before

Police open probe after MK complains unidentified individual collecting information about his child

Dan Meridor blasts plan that seeks to curb the court's power and ensure PM's immunity from prosecution, saying it would 'bulldoze' the legal system and erode democracy