Netanyahu to pay the state 45,000 shekels ($12,400) in reimbursement and a 10,000-shekel fine while admitting a lesser charge.

From the Dirty Trick in 1990, to the last-minute unity government in 2012. Nothing is final when it comes to early elections and the swearing in of new governments. Here are some reminders.

Kind Abdullah II restates his commitment to the two-state solution after meeting with U.S. presidential advisers Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt in Amman.

Just hours before deadline to form government, Likud presses ahead with bill to dissolve Knesset as means to ensure president does not appoint new prime minister. "If they try to limit speaking time in order to prevent it, we won't hesitate to go to the Supreme Court," says Meretz Chairwoman Tamar Zandberg.

A new national security plan says avoid risky diplomatic escapades and prepare for war.