Finance minister tells Citibank executives 'noise' over overhaul will 'settle down'; discusses banning grandchildren of Jews from immigrating to Israel in meeting with ZOA's Klein

Two Su-27 combat planes dump fuel on MQ-9 UAV conducting operations in international air space, then one strikes craft's propeller, causing it to crash, military says

Consultations come after blast at Megiddo Junction, which is being investigated as a terror attack

Hundreds of writers, artists and intellectuals send letter to both countries' ambassadors warning that if PM's trips go ahead, 'a dark shadow will hang over them'

Embassy spokesman Simon Seroussi writes in leaked cable that prominent journalists are attacking judicial reform, settler violence; French FM says no contact with Smotrich expected

Suspects include Palestinians from West Bank and East Jerusalem, and Israeli citizens; one woman used her citizenship to take weapons through checkpoints, police say

Justices say minister must first file his demand directly with Gali Baharav-Miara, whom he has accused of 'unreasonable, disproportionate and unfair' behavior toward him

Police say Otzma Yehudit's Zvika Fogel to be questioned after saying 'a closed, burnt Huwara — that’s what I want to see' after extremist settlers rioted through West Bank town

Political writer Tal Schneider on bills' advances and the president's role as compromise-pusher; diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman looks at Saudi Arabia's agreement with Iran

Reversing sections of the 2005 disengagement law is critical for the government's goal of legalizing the illegal settlement outpost of Homesh