Finance Ministry official says no funding available to enlist ultra-Orthodox, Arabs to IDF or civil service; PM scales back defense budget cuts

Egypt’s ousted president reportedly gives first interview to media since revolution in 2011, says too early to judge Morsi

Rebel commander says Damascus has all but fallen, but Israel is working in concert with Iran and Hezbollah to keep the regime in power, Today’s Zaman reports

Longtime ABC anchor, 83, will announce Monday that she wlll retire next year

More than two years ago, the Times of Israel reports here for the first time, top PLO official Yasser Abed Rabbo held a series of meetings with the PM’s peace envoy, Yitzhak Molcho, and ultimately met at length with Netanyahu himself, to discuss new negotiations. The prime minister seemed ready to restart talks on the basis of pre-1967 lines, but then discontinued the contacts

Agriculture Ministry planes accidentally dump pesticide on soldiers instead of insects; no soldiers harmed

Watchdog organization says Assad forces have retaken Khirbet Ghazaleh, which links Damascus and the Jordanian border

Ahead of Cabinet debate, prime minister backs NIS 3 billion ($840 million) reduction in military spending, not the expected NIS 4 billion ($1.12 billion)