Though not mentioning Iran, PM appears to indirectly bring up issue via Hanukkah reference

A plurality of Israelis prefer the former coalition to the current one, but new elections would only produce fresh deadlock

Public security minister says there was no need for Border Police to be interrogated, later clarifies that procedure is routine

Bennett says hiatus in talks should be used to convince US to deploy 'a different basket of tools'

Military correspondent Judah Ari Gross on the investigation of 2 Border Police officers who shot a Palestinian attacker dead; and David Horovitz on Israel's apparent Iran success

After Western countries said Iran came to Vienna talks with unrealistic proposals, unnamed Iranian official claims deal is in reach if US drops pressure and Europeans are flexible

Health Ministry chief Ash cautions it is still unclear how vaccine-resistant the strain may be; virus czar Zarka says it will take another week to clarify the impact of the variant

Labor lawmaker says though liberal Jews are a minority, most Israelis agree with them on civil marriage, public transport on Shabbat, space for Western Wall mixed prayers

Victim suffers moderate-to-serious wounds; video shows Border Policemen firing at suspect several times as he lies on the ground; rioting reported at the scene

PM says he accepts criticism over wife taking kids on vacation days after he recommended against traveling, but defends Gilat as 'most kindhearted person I know'