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Tzvia Rotenberg, who is now principal of a prestigious girls' school in Jerusalem, is accused by former students, who were underage at the time of the alleged abuse.

"Sexual preference is not a medical or a psychological problem requiring treatment," health minister states, adding any medical professional violating the order risks losing their license.

Several MKs ask Opposition whip and faction chairman MK Yariv Levin to reopen the matter for discussion and hold a vote.

Were elections held at this time Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's party, currently with six Knesset seats, would win only four mandates. Likud continued to enjoy the public's trust with 36 seats.

Program would end government subsidies for property taxes, after-school programs, and daycare for the unemployed and cut Torah study at yeshivas from 40 to 20 hours a week to allow married yeshiva students to work part-time.

Defense officials are tracking efforts by Hamas to inflame tensions in the area. Interior Minister Ayaelet Shaked bans Southern Branch of Islamic Movement leader Raed Salah from leaving country.

In first official visit to Israel, Mathias Cormann, secretary-general of the 38-member Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, attends weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem to discuss the economy, tax reforms and the impact of the COVID pandemic.

In his US debut, Ra'am Party leader Mansour Abbas says he’d rather focus on the future than the past, and on what’s useful rather than what’s "right."

The salary hike from NIS 540 ($170) to NIS 810 ($255) per month will go into effect as soon as the volunteers' next salary. The cost of the raise amounts to around NIS 55 million ($16.9 million), which will be allocated from the budgets of the Finance Ministry and Prime Minister's Office.

Franchisee of Vermont-based ice cream maker says comments by Unilever that would seek "new arrangment" should trigger legal steps under Israeli law.