Former UTJ chairman not expected to return to Knesset after resigning in wake of indictment in Malka Leifer case.

It's not teachers who need to demonstrate, but parents, children, and all those who care about education in Israel.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz (Blue and White) has strongly condemned the threats to MKs and members of the LGBT community, ahead of the "pride parade" scheduled to be held Thursday in Jerusalem."I call In the enforcement authorities to lay hands In anyone who dares do this, and to bring him to justice. The parade is the best answer to the extremist sources who express themselves this way," he said.

Former IDF chief says Iran would have become a nuclear state 7-10 years ago were it not for Israeli actions to prevent this.

MK Yakov Litzman (United Torah Judaism), a former longtime Health Minister, said in his last speech as a Knesset member, "I merited to deal with 615,000 requests from the public over the course of all my years here, and that is the basis of the public service in the Knesset.""I thought I would merit to vote In the bill to dissolve the Knesset, but unfortunately that did not work. I will remain in politics and I will help with whatever necessary."

Defense Minister had been scheduled to depart this afternoon but delayed his trip after the opposition refused to offset his votes.

Right-wing activists are demonstrating outside the Ramat Gan municipality, in protest of the fact that a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) flag has been hung In Ine of the towers In the city's outskirts.The municipality opposed hanging the flag, and it was removed.

A parachutist in his 30s who crashed in a field near Park Tzora has been declared dead.United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Avi Bar Lev, who is the deputy head of the Beit Shemesh region and was Ine of the first responders at the scene, relayed: "Unfortunately, at the end of our CPR efforts the man was pronounced dead at the scene due to the severity of the injuries that he suffered."