Likud negotiators attempt to woo members of opposition Labor and Blue and White parties with astonishing offers, to no avail, as coalition clock ticks down to midnight

Even with possibility of new elections looming, appointment of top diplomat made permanent; PM gave up portfolio in response to court petition

Vervet makes dash for freedom from Ship of Peace farm run by French nun near Bint Jbeil and crosses border into Israel, where it continues to evade capture

Travel time to be reduced to 11 hours from Tel Aviv, 12.5 on return leg; 40,000 Israelis visited Japan last year

With clock ticking for Netanyahu to build a coalition, compromise seems off the table, as Knesset debates dissolution bill to call new elections

Bringing so-called catering case to a close, PM's wife will admit to softened charge on using public funds to buy meals for official residence

A new Tel Aviv University study shows a uniquely adaptable species of early humans used upcycling to innovate in the face of significant challenges and thrive for 200,000 years

As the issue of Haredi conscription threatens to derail a government, Open University's Prof. Yagil Levy says neither religious nor secular parties truly desire a compromise

Either Netanyahu will muster a government at the eleventh hour, or we'll have new elections, or neither of the above. The next few frenzied hours will tell

Firefighters say unclear exactly what kids were using that set alight apartment in Safed, urge installation of smoke detectors