UTJ head reportedly threatens to thwart passage of budget -- without which government will fall -- unless Netanyahu government okays NIS 600 million ($164 million) more by Sunday

Avi Maoz says ruling bloc will be down a member if cabinet doesn't discuss allocating $90 million for new department that Netanyahu promised him

Finance Minister Smotrich denies report he's warning he'll quit if Haredi parties' demands for further funds are met

Municipal leaders of Givatayim and Ramat Gan say they'll take matter to court; strike continues, but children return to school; protesters rally outside housing minister's home

Editor David Horovitz analyzes the latest Knesset theatrics; diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on abducted Ukrainian children and strengthened ties with EU

As the PM drags his feet on the issue, UTJ officials tell ultra-Orthodox weekly that an 'alternative' coalition can be formed, in a full report to be published Thursday

UTJ and Shas lawmakers who did not serve in IDF back out of events, as does Likud Minister Galit Distel Atbaryan, who has been criticized for recent incendiary comments

Convoys circle Knesset as committee debates judicial appointments bill; demonstrators rally outside Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv, some interrupt housing minister's speech

Government moves forward with construction of 'Hanon' for at least 500 families, and reportedly eyeing restart of controversial Jerusalem development beyond Green Line

Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf to head committee tasked with delivering more home-building in a bid to lower prices