But left-wing party reportedly doesn't expect MK to accept offer to return to Democratic Camp alliance in coming elections

Gantz, who is seeking to convert Likud voters, instead urges Peretz to join his party to the left-wing Democratic Camp

Meretz chairman Nitzan Horowitz and Democratic Choice head Yair Golan agree to keep same positions on joint slate, but Green Party leader Stav Shaffir noticeably absent

Amir Peretz, who resisted joining forces with Democratic Camp in the past, calls proposal a test of Benny Gantz's commitment to deposing Netanyahu

Democratic Camp lawmaker says she'll agree to drop from second to third place if it means three-party merger is maintained for coming elections

TV surveys have Likud slightly growing in strength following PM's announcement he'll ask Knesset for protection from graft charges; forecast continued deadlock after elections

Amir Peretz says if center-left fails to achieve Knesset majority in next election it may lead to 4th vote; Yisrael Beytenu MK says PM's primary win will drive voters to his party

Center-left party will again run on joint ticket with Orly Levy-Abekasis's party in March elections despite opposition from key MK

Both Democratic Camp and Labor enter another campaign flirting with electoral threshold; while some want them to merge, internal politics threaten further division

Democratic Camp member says she'll head her own Green Party in March vote following political infighting in leftist alliance, which she says is disintegrating