Security forces detained a number of Arab rioters in the Abu Tor neighborhood of Jerusalem after they threw Molotov cocktails and stones at a passing bus.

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu decided to appoint MK Nir Barkat to the position of Minister of Economy

Israeli basketball player Deni Avdija"s team, the Washington Wizards, defeated the Phoenix Suns, 127-102, In Wednesday night.Avdija finished with 8 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in 27:11 minutes.

"Largest-ever police contingent around Knesset building."

Amit Segal of Channel 12 News reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered news commentator Ya'akov Bardogo a ministerial position in the government, probably the ministry of communications or information. According to Segal's reports, Bardogo turned down the offer.

105 former ambassadors and retired senior officials from the Foreign Ministry ask Netanyahu "not to abandon the international arena."

Actress and television host says she wasn't trying to repeat past claims In the Holocaust but simply trying to convey her previous remarks.

The new government will be sworn in today (Thursday), officially beginning its term.Before the inauguration, the Knesset plenum will open at 11:00 with a speech by Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu, who will present the basic outlines of the government and distribution of roles within it. After that, the appointed chairman of the opposition, Yair Lapid, will speak. Factional debates will be held and each of the opposition factions will get 15 minutes to speak from the Knesset podium.At the end of the speeches, a vote will be held In the Speaker of the Knesset, expected to go to the Likud's MK Amir Ohana.A vote of confidence in the new government will then be held, at the end of which members of the coalition will be required to swear allegiance to the State of Israel.