Arab-led alliance, including Balad, could hand centrist leader the majority he needs to be tasked by president; says it’s only to counter Netanyahu; will oppose unity government

Edelstein says ceremony for lawmakers will go ahead due to need for 'parliamentary oversight during time of crisis' -- even though gatherings of more than 10 are now banned

MK who ran in Labor-Gesher-Meretz says left-wingers angry at her refusal to back minority coalition should show 'humility,' claims she helped save Meretz party from oblivion

Blue and White plans vote to replace Speaker Edelstein in power play against PM; premier's party decries actions as disgraceful as country deals with 'national emergency'

Latest election doubled female lawmakers in Joint List; now they speak of plans to work for all of society, with one hijab wearing MK saying: 'Do not make the veil a barrier'

Closing schools, telling Israelis to stay away from each other, and urging an emergency government, PM likens coronavirus to Spanish flu of 1918, which killed up to 50 million

Pandemic shutting down much of country could bring leaders to set aside year-long political deadlock; President Rivlin welcomes initiative

Blue and White leader: 'We need to be in a heightened state of alert and preparedness, but need not spiral into national hysteria'

State Department report also highlights party's controversial ads targeting journalists and its efforts to 'dissuade Arab voter turnout' by installing cameras at polling stations

Lawmaker absent from party press conference, days after she said Joint List-backed coalition ‘violates basic norms and values'; Peretz says he hopes they can still coordinate