Into the weeds of the prime minister’s narrowing electoral prospects, as a cornered political animal seeks to carve a path to victory at the right's expense

A divided Israel looks set to produce another stalemate on September 17, with latest survey suggesting neither right nor left will be happy with coalition prospects

Netanyahu grasps that he can't form right-wing coalition without Yisrael Beytenu and therefore will rely on outside support from non-Zionist factions, former defense minister says

Miki Zohar says that prime minister ultimately rejected reaching out to Ra'am-Balad and Hadash-Ta'al, as he scrambled to cobble together government; parties deny claim

Attorney general's office has forbidden any gender segregation in officially-sanctioned gatherings

Likud's new justice minister tells Matti Friedman in The New York Times that despite ultra-Orthodox opposition, he is shifting LGBT rights from being only a left-wing issue

TV report uncovers draft text between Likud and ultra-Orthodox agreeing to change law that bars discriminatory gender segregation in public spaces and events

After draft of its understandings with United Torah Judaism on issues of religion and state leaked to press, Likud claims deal was never finalized

US President says he is 'not happy' with Netanyahu's inability to form a government and move to new elections which will likely further delay launch of US peace plan

Lawmakers lament party's 'terrible' state, urge leader to resign following 'contemptible' talks to enter Netanyahu government, as report says faction could split if he doesn't