Livni talks about the need to unify Jewish and national values; Lapid says ''no division of Jerusalem in peace deal with Palestinians''; Peres discusses Iran's fears of the potential for an Iranian Spring.
By 8:30 p.m. 42 percent had voted, down from last elections; party leaders urge voters to cast a ballot; Tel Aviv's Huldai and Jerusalem's Barkat fighting to keep their jobs; polls closed at 10 p.m.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yair Lapid, appointed Dr Karnit Flug as the new Governor of the Bank of Israel (BOI), Israel’s central bank.
Israel will invest great resources, including a 1,7 billion euros allocation, to resolve the outstanding issues with the Bedouin population in the south of the country, Doron Almog, Director of the Headquarters for Economic Community Development of the Negev Bedouins in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, told the European Parliament.