Report says lawmaker was promised 19th spot on Likud's electoral slate for next election, plus a ministerial role; coalition fears Knesset dispersal vote next week

On 1st anniversary of taking power, PM says ruling bloc members ‘haven’t internalized’ importance of the hour; Netanyahu claims premier fighting for his job, not the country

Lawmaker charges that Arab MKs Ghanaim, Zoabi held coalition hostage; says he'll vote against Knesset dispersal and work to form alternative government with 'patriotic spirit'

PM, Yamina's Orbach meet again; Sa'ar advances contentious settler law bill; Meretz leadership to discuss rebel MK Rinawie Zoabi; Ra'am seems to prep for wayward MK Ghanaim's exit

Latest surveys have former PM's current opposition bloc at 60 seats; Yamina's Orbach said to give Bennett ultimatum to solve voting problems with Meretz, Ra'am within a week

Report says Idit Silman told coalition figure that she'll release files on Nir Orbach if Bennett's party seeks to punish her for defecting: 'He'll come out of this finished'

Latest rebel threat reportedly tells prime minister he is fed up with coalition, as rumors swirl that he is in talks to join Netanyahu's Likud

Justice minister quotes Abraham Lincoln on governing despite being a lame duck, says vote losses will have 'severe consequences'; Shaked said to press Orbach to remain in Yamina

Yamina appears to not be in a hurry to label renegade MK Idit Silman a defector, but MKs Zoabi and Ghanaim face pressure to quit as lawmakers

Failed votes on settler bill and ministerial post have deepened cracks that could threaten survival of coalition once vaunted for its myriad ideologies, but now felled by them