Hebrew University researchers say they’ve recreated a skull and other features of a Denisovan, an extinct cousin of Neanderthals, by analyzing DNA from the pinky bone of a 13-year-old girl who died 70,000 years ago in Siberia.

Blue and White MK Moshe Ya'alon: "We will not enter a coalition led by Netanyahu. … The time has come for [Likud members] to tell Netanyahu, 'Thank you for all you've done.'"

"I am making a very serious statement that we don't want to engage in a military confrontation," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says. "But we won't blink to defend our territory."

Israeli political battle lines often fracture along how the country balances Jewish religion and liberal democracy. These tensions were a central issue in this week's national election and may influence the makeup of the next coalition.

With neither the pro-Netanyahu nor anti-Netanyahu camp having a clear majority, party leaders will need to put egos and pledges aside to cross bloc lines and create a functioning government.