While ex-PM united key factions of his bloc to minimize risk of wasted votes, caretaker PM failed to do likewise for those opposed to Netanyahu. Then came a Joint List hammer blow

Yousef Maqladeh, who polls Arab Israelis for Ra'am and Joint List, says Ramadan tensions wounded party badly; 28% in community say Netanyahu best politician to be PM

Yisrael Beytenu leader says he doesn't trust ballot counts in those communities, wants surveillance at all voting locations across the country

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

Hadash, Ta'al, Ra'am, and Balad reportedly looking at re-forming the Joint List in an effort to win back seats lost in April vote

Hadash-Ta'al co-leader Aymad Odeh lampoons 11th-hour attempts to woo opposition MKs by joking that PM promised him withdrawal to pre-67 lines and more

Moshe Ya'alon, who heads hawkish faction within centrist party, says he opposed invite to Ayman Odeh; Hadash-Ta'al chief threatens to sue Likud for calling him a 'terror supporter'

Ruling party dismisses speech by 'terror-supporter' leader of Arab Israeli party, notes presence of 'ex-convict' Olmert

Ayman Odeh calls for Arab-Jewish partnership to 'enact change' as tens of thousands gather in Tel Aviv to protest against Netanyahu