The Jerusalem Post - Israel

Move comes after large Knesset majority — including rival-turned-ally Gantz — tells president it endorses Likud incumbent as prime minister; government to be sworn in next week.

The Knesset plenum passed into law all the bills required for the formation of a new government on Thursday morning by a hefty majority, clearing a major hurdle that will allow Israel to have a fully functioning government for the first time since December 2018.

19:48 - Embassies and consulates in Israel make accommodations to avoid COVID-19 but their work goes on. “Right now, we are all working from our homes. We only go to the embassy when it’s necessary – either for official communications or to do things that we cannot do from home,” Lucila Caviglia, chargé d’affaires at the Argentine Embassy in Israel.

Disagreements remain over how Blue and White would handle it if the High Court of Justice ruled that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could not form a government due to his criminal indictments.

Supreme Court to be asked to force vote for new Knesset speaker; Blue and White wants its MK Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid) to replacement him.

Jared Kushner spoke out against Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday, saying that they are jealous of the peace plan for having the potential to accomplish what they could not.

“This visit symbolizes our ties getting even closer,” the prime minister said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will not attend the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, where US President Donald Trump is slated to be a featured speaker.

27/12 - 17:09 - Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accelerated its use of its military to extend its influence.