Blue and White plans vote to replace Speaker Edelstein in power play against PM; premier's party decries actions as disgraceful as country deals with 'national emergency'

Likud leader says inclusion of terror supporters -- apparent reference to Arab-led Joint List -- out of bounds even in midst of coronavirus crisis, signalling gaps may remain

Pandemic shutting down much of country could bring leaders to set aside year-long political deadlock; President Rivlin welcomes initiative

Liberman says party will wait until after president tasks PM-designate by March 17; will meet with Gantz as sides warm to one another

Yisrael Beytenu chief's demands include easing restrictions on conversion to Judaism, public transportation on Shabbat; still unclear whether Blue and White head has Arab support

Yisrael Beytenu leader, who twice refused to join right-wing Netanyahu government, says party will 'make a decision one way or the other'

Defense minister says Blue and White will establish an 'anti-religious and left-wing government' if it wins the upcoming election, Israel's third in less than a year

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

Vowing not to bend on his demand for secularist unity government, Yisrael Beytenu leader signals new elections all but inevitable

A day before the Knesset likely to go to yet another snap election, Channel 13 poll shows PM's rightist-Haredi bloc dropping to 52 seats