For the second time in five months, MKs to go through pomp and ceremony, although notably won't vote on speaker of the house

Blue and White wants to replace Likud nominee with its member Meir Cohen to increase chances of successful legislation of policies if Gantz becomes prime minister

After April's election, an all-time high of 49 new MKs were sworn into the most rookie parliament in Israel's history. The next Knesset will, conversely, be the most familiar

Blue and White's Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh started her term gunning to 'fix' the contentious nation-state law; says Joint List fails to grasp Arabs' main concerns

Legal experts say there's no going back on vote initiating snap elections; some analysts see the measure as an effort by Netanyahu to avoid blame for having orchestrated move

Yair Lapid says party will support canceling elections if Likud chooses another leader as talk of scrapping poll intensifies

Blue and White chief says no talks underway with Likud for unity government; Yisrael Beytenu: 'What is guiding Netanyahu is not the good of the nation but fear of losing power'

Knesset speaker said to concoct plan to nix new national vote, but it is unclear how PM could form a government without Blue and White, which rejects the plan as 'spin'

Likud denies making last-ditch offer to form unity government with Blue and White before vote was called last month to dissolve Knesset

Two largest parties reject TV report claiming behind-the-scenes legislative bid to avert national vote, form unity government