Yesh Atid and Telem leaders said to blame Gabi Ashkenazi for engineering Gantz decision to join government, TV says former IDF chief has agreement to succeed Netanyahu

Leaders also discuss steps needed to manage coronavirus pandemic; call comes day after Benny Gantz indicates he will enter unity government with PM

Israel Resilience leader says 'at peace' with decision, no other way during this time of national emergency without going to 4th elections; critics call his behavior 'amateurish'

First Druze female MK vows not to follow party leader into partnership with Netanyahu, 'I came to politics to replace a racist government, not to be a partner in it'

Blue and White head no longer has centrist alliance to return to if unity talks with Netanyahu go south, and most of his former Knesset supporters have turned on him

Gantz, Netanyahu have reportedly agreed on a series of top portfolios, but many unknowns remain, including who else in the anti-Netanyahu camp could yet join

Benny Gantz joins Netanyahu, eliciting indignant anger from his former boosters, and a whole lot of questions from everyone else

In scenes thought impossible only hours earlier, Thursday evening saw Israel Resilience party chief praised by Smotrich and Bennett, as Miri Regev chummily called him 'my neighbor'

With Lapid continuing to maneuver despite the national emergency, Gantz willingly gave up on his political career to ally with Netanyahu in hopes of helping his beleaguered nation

After shock move to likely join Netanyahu, former Blue and White leader tells Yair Lapid and Moshe Ya'alon that leading Israel into fourth elections not an option while virus rages