"As I have done all my life, I will continue to invest all for the future of our country and for you, the citizens of Israel.";

There was a reason that Netanyahu wanted to put off this moment for as long as he could: He is now in a no-spin zone.;

The American-Israeli citizen was arrested last April and was sentenced in a Russian court to seven and a half years in jail on charges of drug smuggling.;

The Taliban has claimed that a number of CIA agents were on board a plane it says it shot down on Monday; a claim the US denies.;

Mandelblit announced his final indictment on November 21, but could not file it with the courts until the immunity request process was concluded.;

According to reports, the additional troops will come from the Golani Brigade’s elite Reconnaissance battalion over concerns that violence will break out in the area.;

What is significant, is that this is the first time any plan has come with an actual map.;

Netanyahu wants the public - or at least whatever undecided voters still - exist to think long and hard about that contrast.;