Yehudit Tirosh applied for position as judge, interviewed with Judicial Appointments Committee, but decided to stick with case instead, about 10 months after indictment was filed

Suspect identified using DNA samples from August 2020 letter to Liat Ben-Ari saying her life will be made so miserable she'll die by suicide; he denies charge

Prime minister seen as mostly likely to receive mandate, with 52 lawmakers supporting him, but no one has clear path to forming a majority coalition

As president meets party representatives over who to task with forming coalition, Netanyahu's trial gathers pace, with state prosecutor setting out case and key witness testifying

Evidence stage of trial against PM to begin Monday with 20-minute speech by prosecutor laying out charges of bribery, fraud, breach of trust

Judges give prime minister permission to leave courtroom after prosecution's opening arguments in the evidentiary phase of his corruption trial

Benny Gantz's term as interim minister expires at midnight amid a government fight over a permanent replacement, just days before evidentiary stage begins in PM's corruption trial

Labor MK says party will make fresh effort to legislate against a person under criminal trial forming coalition; Liberman reportedly backs move, Sa'ar said open to possibility

Shas leader says Netanyahu himself prefers to complete trial and prove himself innocent; will support efforts for lawmakers to override courts in some situations

For nearly a year Erez Yalon has maintained a post outside the Prime Minister's Residence, where he joins weekly demonstrators calling for the premier to resign