After Yisrael Beytenu and Blue and White rule out sitting in a government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud members sign online commitment to nominate Netanyahu as PM in an attempt to force President Reuven Rivlin's hand.

Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany tells reporters that work on gilded outermost coffin is expected to take at least eight months.

Eight-year conflict and sanctions against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad have caused the currency to plummet and shortages in everything from gasoline to baby formula. Medicine is also scarce.

Sanctions on the Iranian foreign minister indicate that hawks are still calling the shots for “maximum pressure,” despite the influence of Sen. Rand Paul and Tucker Carlson.

State news agencies report two pilots survived the crash and say that the jet went down because of a technical malfunction.