Central Elections Committee permits former lawmaker Idit Silman to join Likud; committee will rule Thursday on petitions to disqualify Ra'am and Balad, both Arab parties
Judge says photos of defense minister with troops during recent Gaza Strip fighting violate campaign rules; Lapid avoid slap on wrist by taking snaps down on own
Likud ordered to pay rival NIS 40,000 in compensation for taking excerpts from Yesh Atid video and creating satire version without identifying it as a Likud production
Consultants advise PM to visit LGBT center, mental health clinic, kibbutz, and nursery in order to showcase differences between him and opposition leader
Opposition party asks election supervisory panel to demand halt after prime minister photographed with officers during Gaza operation; Yesh Atid says aim is to keep public informed
Manufacturers Association and independent businesses chamber call for canceling paid day off, which think tank says alone carries a price tag of NIS 1.5 billion
Further changes in results unlikely, leaving no clear path to coalition; anti-Netanyahu bloc has 57 seats, parties backing PM have 52, while Yamina (7) and Ra'am (4) hold balance
'Double envelope' ballots, some 10% of total, could yet determine Netanyahu's fate; officials expect final results by Friday; remaining 3% of regular votes expected soon
Complaints of missing voting slips at various polling stations around country; Central Elections Committee denies rumor of glitch in observer communication app
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