National Unity party leader says Israel on path toward ‘civil war'; Netanyahu pans his comments as 'a call to sedition from within the Knesset’

The former minister and erstwhile top aide to the premier says Netanyahu's wife routinely intervened in senior appointments

Likud-held Transportation Ministry officials refuse, warning of service delays if maintenance is pushed to weekdays

David Amsalem takes fresh shot at party leader after being skipped over for ministerial post; PM's office calls accusation that racism influenced appointments 'ridiculous'

Most senior party lawmaker not to receive a portfolio accuses PM of deliberate snub: 'No one will humiliate us Mizrahi Jews, not even a prime minister from Likud'

As in past, Netanyahu has not appointed an acting premier; he's asked Deri to step in for him briefly Friday, but Shas leader's title of 'deputy PM' is an honorific with no powers

Ruling party has 17 ministers among its 32 MKs, is seeking legislation that would allow up to 10 of them to quit Knesset, making way for fresh lawmakers

National Unity leader says working together will ensure broad consensus on changes, warns government's current plans will leave Israel a 'hollow' democracy

Amir Ohana says he prefers to hold his tongue and not criticize rabbis, as Deri claims Netanyahu tricked him with speaker's appointment; ex-Shas MK says Ohana should marry a woman

Ex-chief rabbi of Israel Shlomo Amar, who has called LGBTQ people ‘wild animals,’ says it's 'unbearable' that a gay lawmaker was appointed to a position that is 'meant to be lofty'