Health minister will, however, run in his left-wing party’s primary and keep his ministerial role until new government is formed

Coming out against the 'messianic right,' former IDF general says left-wing values should lead the nation, and that his party is in need of a change

Esawi Frej insists he'll remain active in public service to strengthen left-wing bloc, Jewish-Arab partnership; argues that Horowitz failed leadership test

New rules allow drug-induced early-term abortions at clinics, remove need for approval of intrusive committees; health minister hails reform as opposite to US Supreme Court ruling

Yair Golan accuses Labor of refusing to merge; party leader Horowitz assails rebel MK Rinawie Zoabi, says Meretz 'has no connection to that woman anymore'

Knesset presidium refuses to add legislation banning person charged with serious offenses from becoming premier to measure dissolving Knesset and calling new election

Justice Minister Sa'ar raps MKs who caused coalition collapse, says Netanyahu must be stopped from returning to power; right-wing religious parties predict strong election showing

'You can't publicly and personally decide for Israel that this gov't will collapse,' fellow Meretz member tells Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi after she helped defeat renewal of settler law

Report says Health Ministry to recommend indoor masking for the elderly, at-risk; transmission rate continues to climb, test positivity rate over 20%

Report says controversial committees won't be eliminated, but drug-induced abortions will be done at local HMOs instead of hospitals; application forms will drop archaic questions