Shai Piron has called the proposal to extend the hesder program, which allows religious soldiers to combine military service with yeshiva study 'inconceivable,' after voicing support for it during election campaign.

A criminal investigation won't be opened since Israel Police found no wrongdoing by Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar, and were unable to identify source of letter alleging improper behavior on his part, which was circulated before Israel's January election.

Deri, who served 22 months in jail for accepting bribes, was one of ultra-Orthodox party's joint leaders in January election; former Interior Minister Eli Yishai demoted to chairman of party's education network.

Also, consumers will be penalized for using pirate garages.

Among witnesses scheduled to appear in Jerusalem court is former ambassador to Belarus Ze'ev Ben Aryeh, whom Lieberman is charged with improperly working to appoint ambassador to Latvia.

Law governing regulations over taxis, cable cars and honey also extended; state of emergency has been renewed every year since 1948.

Naftali Bennett's right-wing party came fourth in Israel's January election with more than 9 percent of the vote, mainly thanks to secular Israelis - but it lost support at its base in the religious-Zionist community.

As Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid’s recent 'Mrs. Cohen from Hadera’ Facebook post shows, he has mastered the art of presenting his views and policies directly to the Israeli public.

Some say the Knesset is falling into the over-legislation trap of its predecessor, while others say it’s just doing its job.

Solicitation of campaign loan guarantors was approved by State Comptroller.