Parties seeking to bridge over disagreements to form emergency unity government; if no deal reached, Rivlin set to give Knesset 21 days to produce candidate for PM
Teams negotiating national unity government will take discussions to the wire after president gives Blue and White chair until midnight Wednesday to finalize an agreement
In letters to Netanyahu, Gantz, Democratic Majority for Israel says basing decision on Trump's support alone 'suggests fundamental misreading of American government and politics'
Blue and White chief's mandate extended to Wednesday midnight after Netanyahu joins request; teams reconvening Tuesday morning; Yamina sources say party set to bolt right-wing bloc
Citing need to confront coronavirus crisis, Blue and White leader urges prime minister: 'This is the moment of truth' and 'history will not forgive us if we don't get this done'
Gantz's mandate ends Monday with no unity deal in sight, but Rivlin believes it's Netanyahu who is holding up an agreement, and is moving to force his hand
Gantz said to agree to go to 4th elections if High Court bars indicted Netanyahu from forming coalition; Likud said to give up its desired changes to the judge selection mechanism
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