If the appointment is approved, Israel Eichler will replace his party colleague Yitzhak Goldknopf, who resigned from the government last month in protest over the fact that the status of yeshiva students' exemption from military service had not been settled

The judges urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to reach a compromise – but without it, the court may accept the attorney general's position or hand down a ruling that adopts an intermediate position

No country draws more contempt from Yair Netanyahu, son of PM Benjamin Netanyahu, than Israel – no wonder he no longer wants to live there. In a chilling interview, he cast Likud as a victim and exposed a disturbing glimpse of his worldview