New details from meeting last year suggest Netanyahu sought Haim Druckman's approval for a government with the Islamist party, before Smotrich thwarted effort

Carrie Keller-Lynn reports on November 1 election date and the bills that didn't make it; Judah Ari Gross on pop culture and family purity laws, no Russian team for Maccabiah Games

The 58-year-old Tel Aviv native has had a turbulent decade-long political career, from Netanyahu's finance minister to his key rival

Parliament formally disperses a year after inauguration of diverse coalition, sending Israel to its 5th national vote in less than 4 years

Coalition's efforts to finalize legislation on Wednesday, prepare for Lapid to be installed as interim PM, are derailed by hours of fighting with opposition

Party MK Nir Barkat says 'we need to sit down with the Americans and discuss the security requirements,' and not push through legislation right before Knesset dispersal

Timeline for swearing in Lapid as prime minister in question as Yisrael Beytenu, Labor, Meretz and Joint List file hundreds of objections to Knesset dissolution bill

Carrie Keller-Lynn recaps another tumultuous day in the Knesset, Aaron Boxerman updates us on Hamas hostages, Amanda Borschel-Dan discusses a seafaring mosaic's journey home

Key House Committee meeting repeatedly delayed to give MKs time to discuss election date and additional legislation, amid opposition efforts to form alternative government

Editor David Horovitz gives us the political lay of the land and environment reporter Sue Surkes drills down on problems facing the lowest point on Earth