Netanyahu's spokesperson says PA president requested Israel's cooperation to end the hunger strike; official says Israel watching how PA handles reinterment of Palestinian bodies released in the agreement.
Speaking following meeting of Netanyahu's top cabinet ministers, sources say no decision was made; Vice PM Shalom: Likud should push law to regulate settlement project.
Finance Minister says Israel unlikely to recognize gay marriage soon, while Yair Lapid and Shelly Yacimovich come out in support of same-sex marriage on Facebook; most U.S. Jewish groups praise Obama's stance.
f bill passes, could transform outposts throughout West Bank into legal settlements overnight; Netanyahu still withholding his opinion on issue, looking at different option within frame of law.
Following Barack Obama's show of support, Yuval Steinitz tells Likud LGBT group no longer as 'totally against' the idea of same-sex marriages as he was in the past.
The Knesset on Wednesday approved by 71 votes to 23 an agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the opposition Kadima party to form Israel's seventh national unity government.
Israelis are divided on premier Benjamin Netanyahu's move to form a shock coalition government with the Kadima opposition party and scrap plans for early elections, several polls showed on Wednesday.
Senior Haaretz analyst Yossi Verter says that, after getting over initial feelings of disgust and nausea, you have to admit that Netanyahu, again, taught us all a lesson. He's Israel's number one politician, no doubt - by a mile.
