Blue and White leader promises to form 'liberal unity government' and reach out to all parties; he has 28 days to muster a majority where Netanyahu failed

Netanyahu huddles with leaders of 55-member right-wing bloc that supports him as Blue and White poised to be given shot at building government

Yisrael Beytenu leader calls senior ruling party members 'chickens' for not challenging PM publicly, claims premier wants 3rd elections as Gantz set to receive coalition mandate

Legislation would likely need Yisrael Beytenu's support in order to pass key Knesset committee, which starting next week will be controlled by Gantz's party

Channel 13 survey shows Blue and White, Likud each gaining one Knesset seat at expense of smaller parties, leaving stalemate essentially unchanged

David Bitan predicts there won't be 3rd election, says blocs will fall apart after 28 days Blue and White given to build government, at which points parties will act independently

In second round of coalition talks, kingmaker party Yisrael Beytenu declines to endorse any candidate for PM, while Netanyahu's right-wing allies reiterate their support for him

Blue and White leader set to be first person in a decade other than Netanyahu to try assembling a coalition; Ayelet Shaked says New Right will only negotiate as part of PM's bloc

Blue and White wanted the second chance to form a government, betting that the PM would fail. So now Gantz has the opportunity he sought, but no evident path to a majority

PM has until Wednesday to clinch government or tell president he failed; David Bitan says 'no point' in requesting additional 14 days with negotiations stalled