Foreign minister says following meetings with his legal team that he will resign from his post, after it was announced he would be indicted for fraud, breach of trust; PMO: Netanyahu de-facto FM.

'Post' poll, done prior to AG's decision on Liberman, shows mandates shifting further to the Right; 54% think Israel's diplomatic situation has deteriorated over the past 4 years; 40% happy with Netanyahu as prime minister.

''I'm not afraid for my life,'' says Border Patrol officer who killed Palestinian teen, after receiving online death threats.

Attorney-General Weinstein decides to close the main case against the foreign minister, but to indict him for two other charges in the 2008 Ben-Aryeh case, which could make his resignation more likely.

Palestinian youth brandished a fake gun when asked for identification, shot and killed by female Border Patrol officer.

Former FM says keeping settlements is a requirement for achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority; declares frustration with int'l community over its equating of IDF, terrorist casualties.

Foreign Minister says Israeli restraint ''motivates further provocations'', compares EU position on Israel to the Holocaust.

Netanyahu slams PA's unilateral statehood bid at UN General Assembly, reiterates call for direct peace negotiations without preconditions.

According to the findings of a new poll released Sunday by Israeli daily Ha’aretz an overwhelming majority of 81% of respondents answered that incumbent Premier Benjamin Netanyahu is on course to retain his position at the January 22 early general elections.

The European Union on Monday condemned ''inflammatory statements'' made by Hamas leaders ''that deny Israel’s right to exist'', calling them ''unacceptable'', in a statement issued after a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Brussels.