Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discusses why Israeli teachers threaten to strike each year; real estate editor Danielle Nagler talks of homelessness initiatives and urban planning

Yaffa Ben David says aim is to iron out details 'as quickly as possible,' with significant hurdles cleared in negotiations; sides reportedly still at loggerheads over vacation days

‘If the sides have good will… we can close this in a few hours,’ education minister says, as treasury officials reportedly insist nothing finalized yet

Finance minister reports 'movement' and goodwill 'on all sides' to reach agreement before September 1 school reopening; union says Treasury needs to stop blocking progress

Finance minister says he was 'forced' into move as teachers threaten to strike upon start of school year; education minister accuses Liberman of undermining talks

Finance Ministry official Kobi Bar-Nathan vows to do 'everything in our power' to avoid a strike on September 1

Finance minister says strike threat is an attempt to 'take students and parents hostage'; union calls proposal 'embarrassing,' as representatives set to sit down with Lapid

Education Minister Shasha-Biton says negotiations going too slow, days after union head threatens to call strike for start of school year next month

Undervaluing our teachers is not only deplorably shortsighted. It's also emblematic of an economy dangerously dividing into an often callous elite and a demotivated majority

Proposal significantly improves starting wages, but also increases working hours; union accuses treasury of manipulating numbers