MK Zvi Hauser, a lifelong conservative and former cabinet secretary, has helped found 3 party slates over the past two years in his bid to oust his former boss

Survey shows that even if rival Yamina were to rejoin the fold, PM would still be short of the 61 seats needed for a ruling majority

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Iconic Likud founder Menachem Begin's son, who himself was party MK for 18 years, says Netanyahu government carrying out 'nasty, crude' attacks on state bodies, must be replaced

The better the Yesh Atid head does on election day, the more likely Netanyahu is to win; but if Sa'ar leads the anti-Netanyahu bloc, Likud will lose a potent election-day tactic

Unlike after his election victory, Israeli leaders waste no time in welcoming new US president; PM also tweets thanks to Trump 'for all the great things you have done for Israel'

PM's party leads survey with 30 seats; his challenger's right-wing faction sheds 6 seats in past month in polls

With Likud sticking to GOP pollster, New Hope signs up with a group that helped defeat Trump from the right, while Yesh Atid sees Georgia as a model for beating Netanyahu

Source close to prime-ministerial hopeful's campaign says leaders of GOP group, which campaigned against US president on moral grounds, likely to come to Israel

Says indictment against PM prevents him from being in the cabinet; Lapid says would join Sa'ar coalition, but would also form government with Joint List support