As talks failed to yield a deal before Gantz's mandate expired, no mention was made by either side of the virus emergency that purportedly drove them to seek unity

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

Why the Yamina party could wield more influence over the next government from the opposition than from the cabinet table

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

Talks set to resume after late-night meeting at Netanyahu's residence; president gives Blue and White chair two more days to finalize an agreement

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

Blue and White MK, targeted by demonstrators due to his willingness to serve under Netanyahu, urges authorities to cancel fines, highlighting freedom of speech

Move comes after president said he'll return mandate to Knesset without tasking anyone if no deal by Monday; petition seeks to take PM out of running due to his corruption charges

Gesher MK reverses previous position of not supporting any candidate, includes herself in PM's bloc of right-wing parties; Meretz MKs accuse her of stealing left-wing votes