Timeline for swearing in Lapid as prime minister in question as Yisrael Beytenu, Labor, Meretz and Joint List file hundreds of objections to Knesset dissolution bill

Union announces kindergarten and school will resume for the last two days of the year, despite rejecting salary increase offer

Government offers NIS 8,600 as starting wage for new teachers, small monthly raise for experienced teachers; union deems offer 'ridiculous'

Continued delays have stalled a bill to disperse the 24th Knesset amid long-shot opposition efforts to form an alternative government within elections

Opposition chief threw his loyalist under the bus over a remark that a coalition with Ra'am is possible; but his public repudiation of Amsalem may yet cost him dearly

Some 400 former soldiers who fought alongside IDF during Israel's occupation of southern Lebanon from mid-1980s to 2000 to be given $160,000 apiece in aid

Schooling to resume after union chief meets with Treasury official in charge of salaries; warns strike could resume if deal not reached soon, despite outcry over canceled classes

Finance and transportation ministries allocate total of $118 million for widening of Negev section of Israel's longest highway, as well as installing lighting and passing lanes

Premier notes 'heavy price' of having criminal defendant form government but insists matter should be left up to voters, not the Knesset via legislation

Union chief vows to press sanctions until 'concrete offer on table'; treasury chief says 'no point in agreement' unless vacation schedules changed, salaries adjusted for merit