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Netanyahu has been pushing alliance, which will also include the anti-LGBT Noam party, over concerns factions would fall under electoral threshold if they ran alone

Israel’s electoral system facilitates infidelity by letting blocs break up easily; with big parties unable to trust those hitching a ride, smaller factions may be left in the cold

PM said to offer National Religious Party's Smotrich free extra seat on Likud slate, settlement construction plans in exchange for merging with Otzma Yehudit

Amid growing conflict with Haredi community over flouting of lockdown, opponents call 'Eretz Nehederet' skit of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky 'disrespectful and offensive'

Hagit Moshe, a Jerusalem deputy mayor, pleads for religious Zionist unity; 2 other right-wing parties echo her call as polls indicate that together they could win 4 Knesset seats

PM reportedly tried to add recognition of 6 illegal settlements to cabinet's agenda a day before Biden inauguration

Health and justice ministries trade blame over lack of testing for international arrivals; transportation minister accuses predecessor of failing to set up a lab at airport

Netanyahu has no coalition without Naftali Bennett. Neither does Gideon Sa'ar. The fight is on

Right-wing party heads slam New Hope leader as part of 'failed' unity government; Bennett raps Netanyahu for legitimizing Ra'am party, alleging it's 'Hamas's sister organization'