Two surveys show Likud-led bloc with 60 seats; Balad, which split from Hadash and Ta'al, failing to make it into Knesset while other Arab parties teeter on edge of threshold

With Balad unlikely to cross election threshold, Netanyahu's Likud not expected to petition for Arab nationalist faction to be disqualified as it has in past

Party says post written by outside group, takes it down; Lapid calls out Netanyahu for taking any opportunity to 'incite and divide'

Ayman Odeh predicts Hadash-Ta'al 'will be the most important party' after election if neither side has majority, though split from Balad largely seen as boon to Netanyahu's bloc

While ex-PM united key factions of his bloc to minimize risk of wasted votes, caretaker PM failed to do likewise for those opposed to Netanyahu. Then came a Joint List hammer blow

Drama over rotation deal splinters party into Hadash-Ta'al and Balad, in move that could help Netanyahu back to power; Labor and Meretz finalize independent runs, rebuffing Lapid

20-year-old Hadar Muchtar stocks list with newcomers and pledges to shake up political scene, but party is polling far below electoral threshold

Orbach, who left Bennett's coalition in June prompting November's election, says he will 'personally' take action to ensure that the next government is right-wing

The former prime minister, famed for his flair for the dramatic, hits his election campaign ahead of the November elections with a new shtick

Ayelet Shaked still failing to clear electoral threshold after partnering with Jewish Home, Channel 13 survey shows