Ronen Bar slated to have meetings at CIA and White House, which also hosted top Netanyahu aides Thursday for talks on Iran, Russia and Ukraine, Palestinians

Yossi Cohen, citing 'personal knowledge' of potential dealings, strikes optimistic note, as senior Netanyahu aides said to be headed for Washington

Dermer and Hanegbi to meet with top Biden officials in Washington amid concerns over Tehran's new underground nuclear site, hopes for direct Hajj flights

Retired justice confirms recent meeting with Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, who is representing the PM in negotiations aimed at building broad consensus for judicial reform

Israeli delegation sits down with US Secretary of State Blinken and National Security Adviser Sullivan as White House pushes 'steps to restore calm,' weighs barring Smotrich

Ex-Bank of Israel chief, who later chaired JP Morgan's int'l business, says PM shouldn't brush off concerns expressed by US banking giant: 'There's a danger of losing everything'

Strategic affairs minister reportedly tries to allay concerns over far-right's role in new government, particularly after diplomatic storm sparked by Ben Gvir's Temple Mount visit

Unsourced TV report says longtime confidante of PM will use revived Strategic Affairs Ministry to push for further normalization deals, with focus on Saudi Arabia

MKs from incoming opposition ejected from plenum for heckling as incoming PM outlines plans ahead of swearing in; thousands demonstrate outside Knesset against hardline government

After internal jostling, Likud MK will serve two years before swapping with Energy Minister Israel Katz; past US envoy Dermer was also floated as leading candidate for that post