Veteran Israeli lawmaker Tzipi Livni announces exit from politics Recent poll numbers for Livni’s HaTnuah Party showed that it would not make the electoral threshold in the April 9 elections to enter the next Knesset.
Israeli gov’t minister Amir Peretz quits over 2015 budget The environmental protection minister, of the centrist Hatnua party, said the fiscal plan does not help the poorest Israelis.
Knesset committee approves conversion bill for final plenum readings It is unknown when the measure will move to the Knesset floor, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has withdrawn his support.