Professor emeritus Emmanuel Dror Farjoun of the Einstein Institute of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem joins 19 scientists who urge boycott of world's top physics competition for high school students. Teens from 80 countries are expected to participate in the competition, set to take place in Israel in July.
Appointment makes MK Amir Ohana Israel's first openly gay cabinet member. United Right rattled by nomination as National Union leader Bezalel Smotrich was seeking the nomination. "Netanyahu wouldn’t dare treat any of his other [political] partners as he treats the religious Zionist camp. It’s time we drew the necessary conclusions," Smotrich says.
Adelson, who is the publisher of Israel Hayom, says she is proud of what she has achieved for the Jewish people and the world of medicine. Israel Hayom Editor-in-Chief Boaz Bismuth presents Adelson with a special Israel Hayom front page, featuring an article about her and her work.
With Barak as party chief, current leader Avi Gabbay would be able to withdraw from role with his dignity relatively intact, sparing him the humiliation he is likely to otherwise face from his staunch Labor rivals in the Knesset.
PM Netanyahu, meanwhile, reportedly plans to fill their vacated cabinet seats with members of his own Likud party, rather than with members of the United Right party, who are demanding the seats.
Examination of the voting patterns of Israeli Arabs living in Arab towns and villages dramatically disproves Palestinian claims of "Israeli apartheid."
Move comes after days of reports that Netanyahu was considering a reshuffle in his cabinet to gear up for September election. Bennett and Shaked ran as the leaders of the New Right party but failed to win enough votes to cross the electoral threshold.
New Right leader Naftali Bennett, who barely made it into the Knesset, and far-right activist Moshe Feiglin, who crashed and burned after a promising start, could run together but revert to two separate parties if they make it into the next Knesset.
In first major speech following Knesset dissolution, PM showcases map of Israel in which U.S. president wrote "Nice" next to the Golan Heights. Netanyahu takes opportunity to lambaste rival Avigdor Lieberman for forcing new election.
Prime minister attacks Lieberman and makes the case for giving him a renewed, stronger mandate to lead the nation for the sixth time.
