Moran Azulay

Former IDF chief says he could not reach Netanyahu for up to two hours after an Israeli F-16 was downed by Syrian fire; military source with access to records says the prime minister immediately approved the response, while Eisenkot’s party stands by his account

Lapid’s party will receive about 40% of slots in Naftali Bennett’s joint Beyachad slate, with Merav Ben Ari, Noam Tibon and Meirav Cohen among its highest-ranked candidates

Ministers and lawmakers are pressing the PM to limit last-minute appointments as merger talks stall and potential recruits remain under wraps ahead of Tuesday’s filing deadline

Three former senior female public-sector executives — Keren Terner, Liran Avisar Ben-Horin and Michal Negri — take places 2-4 behind Bennett, while Eitan Ginzburg is fifth and nine active reservists are also included on the slate

Likud Minister Haim Katz, who holds four different portfolios, was caught on camera cursing the husband of Innovation, Science and Technology Minister Gila Gamliel, Attorney Hovav Damari, during a hearing on Gamliel's petition against the final primary results published by Likud. "Come on, go f*** yourself," Katz said to Attorney Damari, after he and Gamliel accused Haim Katz of "stealing the election" during the recount of ballot boxes in Be'er Ya'akov.

Likud’s internal court ordered Netanyahu to reveal his reserved candidates by 9 p.m. or risk a secret vote that could reject them, as senior ministers and family members press him to choose reliably right-wing figures

PM misses a Likud tribunal deadline to reveal his remaining reserved candidates as the party pushes its meeting toward the 10 p.m. national filing cutoff; Dobronsky says he will instead join the Likud team as a professional AI minister

Medan, who lost both legs in Gaza and later lit an Independence Day torch, is expected to take the No. 11 spot as Netanyahu finalizes Likud’s slate hours before the filing deadline

From bringing in the Shin Bet and adopting sweeping gun laws to restoring a crime-fighting cabinet, appointing a professional minister and pouring

Netanyahu denies UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed warned him of impending Hamas operation before Oct. 7, says no record exists of their call or a UAE envoy’s visit and threatens to sue Haaretz, calling the report a 'malicious fabrication'