Members of Netanyahu's party lambaste High Court ruling ordering vote on new parliament speaker by Wednesday; some MKs urge defiance, others in Likud say decision must be respected

Report says heated cabinet call saw some Likud members seek in vain to curb parliament's work; rivals claim government is preventing plenum from convening to block votes against PM

Scheme starts by banning big, old diesel-driven vehicles from city center; is set to expand to entire municipal area in July. Similar project in northern Haifa cut soot by 20%

Yad Vashem says Volodymyr Zelensky's gesture is 'puzzling,' since museum has made efforts to enable those who lived through Nazi genocide to attend international ceremony

Interior Ministry appoints new city council that will run northern town for next three years before new election called

Stunning conference, Ze'ev Elkin devotes address to excoriating organizations for 'deliberate distortion,' especially those that campaigned against offshore extraction facility

Minister dismisses 'hysteria' over start of offshore gas operations; alleging government cover-up, activists seek funds for private pollution monitoring system

Environmental Protection Ministry given until June to provide response for why deposit doesn't apply to containers larger than 1.5 liters

Freshwater fish added to list for first time; ministry backtracks from pledge to shield Mediterranean tuna, grouper

Ze'ev Elkin says stipulation, originally penned to prevent money from flowing to outposts, is discriminatory as it does not appear in other budgetary decisions passed by cabinet