Pandemic shutting down much of country could bring leaders to set aside year-long political deadlock; President Rivlin welcomes initiative

Blue and White leader: 'We need to be in a heightened state of alert and preparedness, but need not spiral into national hysteria'

Lawmaker absent from party press conference, days after she said Joint List-backed coalition ‘violates basic norms and values'; Peretz says he hopes they can still coordinate

Expert says election data indicates Arab alliance's messaging against Jewish nation-state and Kaminitz laws resonated with some Druze

Blue and White's Lapid says Netanyahu doesn't want unity: 'He has made a decision to go to 4th elections'

Arab-majority alliance says sides discussed cooperating on legislative issues and who they will recommend to president next week

Blue and White, Labor heads look to 'harness all partners in political system' - apparent reference to Arab-majority parties - to avoid 4th election; Liberman: No change on stance

'She should step down,' demands Nitzan Horowitz after Gesher party chief 'elected on our backs' rejects Joint List-backed coalition; Labor chief Peretz remains conspicuously silent

After being handed official results of March 2 election, president expresses fervent hope that the next leader to receive the '24th Knesset will be someone else'

Israel on brink of 4th election after MK says Joint List-backed government 'violates basic norms and values,' no longer beholden to pre-election merger with Meretz