Motti Cohen, acting commissioner since December 2018, will stay on, along with acting prison chief, as no end foreseen to political infighting hampering police appointments

In curfew cities and throughout country, from high schoolers to wedding guests, Israelis seen to be defying government instructions; police chief orders crackdown

Demonstrators hold weekly 'Kabbalat Shabbat' event in Jerusalem, seeking to downplay conflict with police as they continue to demand the PM's resignation

Acting Commissioner Motti Cohen acknowledges there's some 'legitimate criticism' of police while denouncing alleged 'incendiary and destructive discourse' against officers

Motti Cohen, who's been commissioner since December 2018, tells brass he's staying put for now; public security minister expected to ask ministers to extend his tenure

Members of La Familia group assault journalists; police wary of clashes between groups after suspected attack on marchers on Tuesday in Tel Aviv

Judge reportedly accepts defense's argument that violence at Tuesday protest in Tel Aviv was a brawl, not an assault; police say more arrests related to altercation likely

Additional forces to be deployed, marches likely to be banned; acting commissioner says action will be taken against 'violence in any form' after far-right attack on demonstrators

Gantz says the assailants must be punished; Ohana: 'Flames must be quashed' on both sides; Ya'alon says premier had instigated 'terrorism'; no public comment from Netanyahu

Public security minister had accused police of being too soft on anti-Netanyahu demonstrators relative to other protests, particularly by minority groups