Ruling comes against backdrop of Likud efforts to track voter turnout in real time despite High Court decision banning the practice in September

President vows never to free Rabin's killer, Yigal Amir; Netanyahu skips ceremony attended by IDF and Shin Bet chief, as well as Eisenkot, marking 31 years since 1995 assassination

Yocheved Lifshitz, Gil Dickmann and others affected by disaster plan to stand outside polling centers on Election Day, urging voters to remember those killed, abducted and lost

'A leader of this caliber emerges only once every century,' says a longtime Likud voter, as PM's base touts experience over rivals; 'God help us' if he doesn't win, another says

Political debate has moved away from resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict even as violent events in the West Bank are making the issue harder to ignore

In response, Eisenkot says defense minister 'preparing the ground for the next disaster and shifting blame in advance'; Lapid calls statement a 'gift' to Israel's enemies

Military drills ramped up ahead of potential short, intensive round of attacks that could hit energy sites, nuclear facilities, and arsenals of missiles and drones, sources tell NY Times

Defying pressure to withdraw from next week's election, fledgling Haredi list insists it can beat the polls and offer ultra-Orthodox voters an alternative to Shas and UTJ

Eisenkot 'unequivocally pledges' not to serve in a Netanyahu-led government, even under rotation deal, as he and Liberman seek to increase voter turnout amid projections of deadlock