Yamina candidate calls on extremist Otzma Yehudit to drop out of race after 'wasting right-wing votes for six elections in a row'

Ahmad Tibi warns that support by Gantz's party for barring Heba Yazbak from running in elections over her alleged terror support will be 'viewed severely' by the Joint List

Party leaders' refusal to renege on vows over past year has helped keep country in deadlock, but recent walk-backs and compromises suggest potential breakthroughs on the horizon

Network surveys see Blue and White edging out Likud, but neither camp able to muster 61 seats without Avigdor Liberman, even if Otzma Yehudit somehow makes it into the Knesset

Thirty factions register to run in third straight election, matching September total, though roster features a few newcomers as some small niche parties bow out

Gadi Yevarkan had threatened to defect to the rival Likud party if he was not given a higher place on the electoral roster

With 49 days till election, survey shows Blue and White expanding gap on Likud, but at expense of satellite parties, while right-wing religious parties appear stronger when divided

Bristling with excitement over merger despite earlier misgivings over alliance with leftist faction, Amir Peretz says parties have more in common than not

MKs praise move to unite peace camp, but Arab Meretz member Frej says low placement on slate and inclusion of former top general a 'slap' to Jewish-Arab partnership

Amir Peretz will lead new left-wing alliance, followed by Gesher's Orly Levy-Abekasis and Meretz's Nitzan Horowitz; Green Party's Stav Shaffir left out