PM Lapid said to have asked for protocol change so Bennett, the alternate premier, can also greet US president during welcome ceremony

Israeli officials focused on possible breakthrough with Riyadh, though itinerary for two days in Jerusalem and Bethlehem indicates Washington has other priorities as well

Main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway to close on Wednesday; police, Air Force prepares to secure routes to be taken by US president, bars use of drones over airport and Jerusalem

New party leader Ayelet Shaked works to stabilize party after defections, drop in support and poor polling; MK Kara considering breaking off to form new party, report says

Alternate PM vetoes appointment of Yossi Beilin to lead Israel Nature and Parks Authority after backlash from right

Biden to tour Israeli security installations, including new laser defense system; is set to become 1st US president to visit a site in Palestinian East Jerusalem outside Old City

There is an intolerable, unfathomable gap between Jerusalem's frequently excellent diplomacy and its Knesset, where dysfunction reigns

Ex-PM denies sending request to change 18-month rule so he'd get car, driver, office; Bennett said worried his time as alternate PM won't count; Lapid's office: Relations are good

'They can lie as much as they want, but I was with them and saw it,' Stella Weinstein says of party members who defied government, helping bring down Bennett-led coalition

Gantz, Lapid both said courting ex-IDF chief Eizenkot for spot on slate ahead of elections; United Torah Judaism's Gafni calls new PM; Liberman says he could be premier