After delay, minister names honorees chosen to ignite beacons at annual ceremony, including philanthropist Sylvan Adams, comedian Shalom Assayag and head of Duvdevan commando unit

Cabinet ministers hold rapid phone vote to formally task transportation minister with selecting 12 honorees for April 25 evening ceremony

Mayor tells parents that city has no control over who attends ceremonies organized by Defense Ministry in military cemeteries; urges leaving politics out of sensitive day

Transportation minister says bills will come up for vote if compromise talks not fruitful, claims police's 'preferential' treatment of protesters proves reform needed

Opposition leader says won't pretend country 'celebrating together' on upcoming national holidays after petition to pause demonstrations on Memorial Day wins broad Knesset support

The transportation minister's undiplomatic comments about UAE come amid mounting tension with Arab nation at heart of normalization deals over hardline Israeli government policies

Convoys circle Knesset as committee debates judicial appointments bill; demonstrators rally outside Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv, some interrupt housing minister's speech

New images show Yariv Levin, other senior members of ruling party at home of Rafi Chaim-Kedoshim, a prominent figure in Likud's Herzliya branch who has served 4 jail terms

Clashes with stun grenades, water cannons mark 1st time these are seen at demos; at least 11 injured, 39 arrested; Netanyahu, Lapid accuse each other of stirring up anarchy

Despite Religious Zionism party head holding ministerial post within the ministry, transportation minister to be substitute for Yoav Gallant while he attends conference in Germany