Attorney General announces a 'change in enforcement' of 2017 law that significantly raised fines for illegal construction; Arab MKs hail de facto freeze of home demolitions

Knesset again strikes down Joint List legislation proposing official state recognition of responsibility for the 1956 killing of 48 Arab Israelis

Vote widely praised by Arab lawmakers, but also sparks accusations that one MK may have collaborated a little too closely with Netanyahu in order to secure the extension

Residents of Neve Shalom community believe both incidents were hate crimes; no injuries caused but building scorched, library saved

Hours before she was slain, Sharifa Abu Muammar wrote to other teaching staff that coming year should be 'happy and blessed'

Dozens demonstrate in northern city of Umm al Fahm, other communities in so-called northern Triangle, which Trump outline suggests become part of future Palestinian state

Left-wing Labour-Gesher-Meretz also takes Benny Gantz to task for backing proposal that calls for Israel to annex Jordan Valley and settlements

Another Arab lawmaker labels Trump 'chairman of Likud — White House branch,' says Palestinians won't settle for less than a 'Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital'

Arab Israeli leader also decries 'cruel, immoral' move by defense minister designed as deterrent and possible bargaining chip; Gantz voices support

As community leaders demand police action to stem violence, Joint List's Odeh calls on Jewish Israelis to join protests, saying society free of firearms should be a goal for all