Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the public at 8 p.m. on Sunday as his coalition potentially hangs by a thread, after a meeting with Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon ended without a conclusion. Watch the speech live below:Sources close to Netanyahu said Sunday evening that he will appoint a foreign minister in the coming days, as he is likely to keep the defense minister post for himself.Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman resigned in protest of an internationally-mediated ceasefire with Hamas after nearly 500 rockets were fired at Israel's south from the coastal enclave, the most-ever fired at Israel in one flareup.
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