TV report says Direct Polls, whose Shlomo Filber gave contradictory testimony in ex-PM's case, has received some NIS 300,000 from his former boss's party

Opposition chief Netanyahu and his right-religious allies fall short of majority in pair of TV surveys, though Lapid also lacks clear path to government without Hadash-Ta'al

A seemingly small change to election rules passed in 2014 has backfired, empowering extreme parties and playing a central role in producing our belligerent and deadlocked reality

As defense minister tries to position himself as alternative to Netanyahu and Lapid, Lapid says coalition should be formed by 'one of the two major parties'

Political correspondent Tal Schneider on PM Yair Lapid's response to Canberra's shift in policy and campaign publicity stunts; health reporter Nathan Jeffay on new prenatal testing

Likud investment in election material targeting Arab Israelis significantly higher than that of Arab parties; Lapid expected to visit Arab city of Nazareth next week

Political right has argued that fraud and breach of trust charges are applied too ambiguously, and sought to remake Supreme Court justice selection process

In a Facebook post, the Arab nationalist party includes a poem in memory of Abdullah Abu Tin, who was killed last week in an armed clash with Israeli forces in Jenin

The blocs have remained remarkably stable; even support for the parties within the blocs has been fairly steady; but then, of course, the real campaign is only starting now

AIPAC, AJC, Conference of Presidents and JCPA say they won't wade into Israeli politics, though they weren't so shy when the prospect of the Kahanist joining Knesset first surfaced