Legislation will require rebel lawmakers to muster support of at least a third of faction members to part ways with mother faction, drowning out murmurs of mutiny within PM-designate’s Likud

Residents of the capital's Haredi enclaves, claim that the police is afraid to enter, leaving the lawless extremists to riot at will, whether protesting immodesty, military service or infrastructure projects

In response to the op-ed suggesting 'Netanyahu's government poses a significant threat to the future of Israel' and 'endangers the ideal of a Jewish and democratic state', the PM designate vows to continue ignoring 'the ill-founded advice' of the newspaper

Foreign Ministry says incidents included one medical emergency in which an Israeli was hospitalized; one Israeli arrested over a minor incident but was released shortly after

While deployed to the Jenin refugee camp on the West Bank a Border Police force comes under direct fire and although knocked to the ground, a sniper escapes unharmed only to discover the shot that would have killed him was blocked by his own gun

Palestinian premier urges UN to deploy patrols across territory, hoping to curb Israel's near-nightly counterterrorism sweeps and increased clashes with settlers

AG persists in objection to Likud's wording cautioning it undermines independence of police and subjects commissioner to political decision makers. adds could impact rights; special committee chair says wording of law balanced