With clock ticking down, PM may seek to exercise never-before-used provision to secure another 2 weeks for negotiations if no deal is reached when supposedly final deadline expires

As PM runs out of time to form coalition and his opponents mount united show of force, newspapers wait to see if secularist kingmaker will fall in line or prevent nascent coalition

Ohad Naharin of the Batsheva Dance Company would favor a boycott of his own performances if it would help Palestinians

But agreement to 'preserve status quo' on religion and state currently doesn't include Avigdor Liberman, who refuses to join coalition if Haredi draft law isn't passed unchanged

Yisrael Beytenu head is blocking PM's coalition by insisting more ultra-Orthodox men are enlisted. But it's only judicial oversight, which he opposes, that has kept his cause alive

Move comes days after fishermen were restricted to area 10 miles off the coast, amid a rash of balloon attacks from the Strip

Delegation includes education officials, business leaders, lawmakers and the head of the state's tourism marketing agency

US president says Pyongyang 'fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me'