Opposition chief hosts the leaders of Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism at his Caesarea home, as he urges them to reunite before election

From the cabinet seat he'd be assured if Netanyahu regains power, this election's high-flyer would advance a Kahanist push for an Israel neither democratic nor authentically Jewish

Survey predicts Smotrich will fail to return to Knesset unless party merges with Otzma Yehudit, now polling at 8-9 seats, in blow to Netanyahu bid to ride right back to premiership

'Bezalel, I love you': Cajoled by Netanyahu, Otzma Yehudit leader softens tone in bid for merger deal a day after Religious Zionism primaries

Opposition leader calls on Religious Zionism's Bezalel Smotrich and Otzma Yehudit's Itamar Ben Gvir to end dispute and form alliance to ensure 'strong, stable' national government

Candidates vying for spots behind party chief Bezalel Smotrich, who is pushing to soften faction's hardline image and snag Yamina voters, though Otzma merger may upend list anyway

Political correspondent Tal Schneider on Shas rabbi Shalom Cohen and Tuesday's hot races; feature writer Renee Ghert-Zand brings tale of lost Holocaust cabaret, 'The Last Cyclist'

Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu is grandson of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, a former chief Sephardic rabbi of Israel; Pollard turns down chance to enter politics: 'I've suffered enough'

Far-right MK meeting military, religious figures and influential women in bid to build a new political roster after saying he would run separately in November elections

Political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn on MK Itamar Ben Gvir's call for transferring the disloyal; news editor Amy Spiro goes deep on the heroine of 1975's Savoy Hotel attack