Refuted TV reports would see Gantz's premiership start-date pushed back -- but such a move would require changing Basic Laws in matter of days

Blue and White leader meets with party members to gauge reactions if elections are called, or if they are averted by him compromising on budget demands or premiership rotation

Legal officials say coalition must agree on budget by midnight next Tuesday -- not Wednesday as previously thought -- as sources report no contact between Likud, Blue and White

Orly Ades butts heads with Health Ministry over plans for pandemic-era vote, as Knesset committee seeks ways to cut down on travel, avoid repeat of US-style electoral chaos

Elections for 50-seat National Assembly brings in crop of 21 first-time lawmakers who will have to deal with a debt crisis and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic

Uneasy government coalition boosted by election results that pundit says will 'allow it to survive and stay the course'

Footage shows brutal police crackdown on protesters denouncing election rigging, with 1 death reported; 3,000 activists nabbed; challenger Tikhanovskaya demands leader yield power

Longtime ruler running for sixth term had faced rare challenge from English teacher and stay-at-home mom Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who decided to run after her husband was jailed

UTJ sources say PM is on his own if he pushes country to a new vote; senior official tells news site: 'He's seeking to break everything up due to political considerations'

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, 37, emerges as unlikely challenger to dictator's 26-year rule, holding largest opposition rallies since Soviet era; says she is 'symbol of change'