PM insists election will be close, quoting Trump; Gantz urges voters to reject 'extremism'

Party leaders and top candidates make their final cases in interviews with Hebrew media, less than 24 hours before polls open

Netanyahu won't commit to avoid 3rd election if he again fails to form a coalition after Tuesday vote; Liberman says no plans to seek premiership; Odeh: PM a 'psycopath'

Neither Netanyahu nor Gantz is set to get the support of 61 MKs, so they're battling to head the biggest party and thus win Rivlin's okay to build a coalition. This may not be wise

Top officials in party say Netanyahu had no choice but to follow bodyguards' instructions, praise him for 'setting a personal example' rather than 'playing the hero'

Parties on left and right condemn premier's Gaza strategy after he is taken off stage; Bennett calls it a 'national humiliation'; Lapid: 'Netanyahu is done and can leave the stage'

PM accuses Yisrael Beytenu chief of joining 'the left and the Arabs,' while the latter says the premier sought to allow his 'militias' to disrupt the democratic process

Clean-shaven Amir Peretz says Israelis will now see he is not bluffing when he says he will never join a Netanyahu-led government

Bid to disqualify Kahanist party falls short after Labor leader's brother-in-law disappears during vote, leaving committee tied 15-15; other left parties accuse Labor of betrayal

Amir Peretz calls United Right member a 'hilltop youth' for decrying his proposals as 'extreme socialism'