Blue and White leader says he'd invite Shaked and Bennett to join him in government, but not their 'extremist' partner Smotrich

No.3 on the left-wing union's slate says the party can enlarge the center-left, unseat Netanyahu, and 'continue the disengagement' by, in principle, setting Israel's borders

MK gives up her seat after former colleagues in Labor criticize her decision to orchestrate Meretz-Barak merger; spot to be filled by ex-lawmaker Merav Michaeli

Democratic Camp senior member says his party would form any alliance with the common goal of changing history

Amir Peretz said to have 'made up his mind' about leading the storied faction to September's election alone, 'regardless of what others in the party think'

Left-wing alliance confirmed; agreement includes commitment to strive for two-state solution, not to join right-wing government, and to cancel Jewish nation-state law

MK says he respects party leader's decision not to merge with Meretz and Ehud Barak’s Israel Democratic Party, despite his own support for left-wing alliance

Dust-up comes with polls showing Labor dipping perilously close to the threshold for entering Knesset

TV quotes Amir Peretz expressing willingness to join alliance if it'll secure center-left a majority of Knesset seats; Blue and White said to offer spot on slate to Labor's Shmuli

PM is quick to mock the new Democratic Camp alliance with an altered image, but his rival fights back with some doctoring skills of his own