Army has also been revamping uniforms of regular combat soldiers.

"I knew practically in real time about the meeting with Mandelblit and Nir Hefetz at the house of Dan Margalit. There was nothing improper about this meeting," Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said.

Netanyahu calls it a great Independence Day gift, while Erekat says relocation ‘provokes feelings of Palestinians.’

Netanyahu, the Palestinians or just plain old logistics?

During the panel discussion, protesters erupted into the room surrounding the speakers, shouting: “Fight the power, turn the tide, end Israeli apartheid.”

"We will ask for a few more days," wrote Shavit, "but you can give us two". "I will have to look really, really, surprised," Judge Ronit Poznanski-Katz responded.

“The liberal streams are putting in a lot of effort to convince Israeli politicians that they are the power to be in the US.”

Auerbach was considered to be a great Torah scholar as well as a fierce force against Haredi service in the IDF.