Likud's Osnat Mark beats Yamina's Ayelet Shaked for judge-appointing committee, setting up High Court fight that could deny the right a veto in choosing the next six justices

Coalition lawmakers Hauser and Mark beat out Yamina MK, who also loses spot on committee for tapping rabbinical judges

Move would mean right-wing Knesset parties hold three seats on powerful body and be able to block candidates put forward by currently-serving judges

Israel's top court is hearing six petitions against the Netanyahu-Gantz 'emergency' agreement, many of whose clauses play havoc with Israel's Basic Laws

Why the Yamina party could wield more influence over the next government from the opposition than from the cabinet table

Gantz said to agree to go to 4th elections if High Court bars indicted Netanyahu from forming coalition; Likud said to give up its desired changes to the judge selection mechanism

A new government was in hand: Likud had won on annexation, Blue and White on judicial reforms; but a last-minute outcry from the PM's rightist flank forced a backtrack

Investigators find suggestive messages between finance minister and Eti Craif, already implicated in sex scandal; both deny any affair

Investigators to examine how material from Efi Nave's device, which is being held by police, made its way to unknown entities, including some with links to criminal groups

Meanwhile, Efi Nave takes his fight against journalist who obtained his old mobile device to Supreme Court, seeking her prosecution