Associate of party leader confirms Sara Netanyahu also met education minister's wife and urged her to convince the MK not to allow ex-justice minister to head joint alliance

After New Right failed to cross electoral threshold in April, ex-minister says mergers 'insurance policy for ideological right'

Former justice minister expected to take top slot on party's slate, relegating her former co-chair, Bennett, to second place

Late-night negotiations yield no agreement according to report, as right wing parties jockey for position with 10 days to go until deadline to register slates

Survey shows deadlock could continue after September election, with neither bloc able to form majority coalition without Yisrael Beytenu; Netanyahu still most popular choice for PM

Itamar Ben Gvir says he has held 'good meetings' with the former justice minister, in possible bid for broad right-wing merger

Former education minister's New Right party says proposal 'irrelevant'; PM seeking to facilitate right-wing merger, a scenario hindered by URWP opposition to Bennett

Zehut head willing to play second fiddle to New Right chair - but demands 2nd and 3rd spots on slate, putting prospect of Shaked partnership at risk

Yisrael Beytenu head says, though, that a Likud-Blue and White coalition without his party is unlikely; repeats claim PM's Likud is no longer a right-wing party

With several options, but none perfect, popular former justice minister said set to make decision on whether to stick with Naftali Bennett by end of week