Likud minister Yoav Kisch attempted to alter the framing of the test results and completely block their publication after seeing the low scores in the standardized tests meant to provide an accurate picture of Israeli education

Israeli strikes hit wide swathes of southern Lebanon, alongside a noticeable presence of Israeli ground troops in several areas, local media reported. The IDF said it killed Hezbollah militants preparing to fire rockets at Israeli troops in southern Lebanon

There will also be three hearings on Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi's media reform, while the constitution committee is set to discuss a bill to prevent mixed-gender prayers at the Western Wall

A marathon of hearings will begin this week as the coalition attempts to bring the bill to its first vote. Two new officials will indeed replace the attorney general, but the proposal shatters the office's independence and powers

Political correctness obliges European governments to 'take measures' against Israel now, slapping sanctions on a handful of settler leaders like Daniella Weiss and Meir Deutsch, the director of settler NGO Regavim

Israel's prime minister may look tired, ill and incoherent, but tyrants do not disappear on diagnosis alone. Netanyahu has already built the conditions for dictatorship; Israelis are responsible for dismantling them

On Kristallnacht, like on Jerusalem Day, mobs took to the streets knowing the political order supported them, while an intimidated population shut itself up indoors. While Jerusalemite Palestinians used to shut their windows and wait for the crowds to go by, though, today there is a real fear of being killed