Committee charged with building joint slate says that Balad and Ta'al object to makeup of roster, holding up promised amalgamation

After fatal shooting of teenager, team formed by attorney general, police chief seek to improve response to grievances against officers; shooter, an off-duty cop, placed on leave

13 demonstrators arrested hours after court releases from house arrest off-duty officer who fatally shot Solomon Tekah

Miki Zohar says Blue and White's Gantz to get a crack at assembling a government if Likud unable to do so after September polls, didn't believe Knesset would really dissolve

But neither scenario predicted to end coalition deadlock with both 19-seats mega-mergers draining support from larger Likud and Blue and White factions

Ehud Barak's new party fails to clear threshold in one poll, wins 6 seats in another; Netanyahu remains most popular choice for PM

Former head of Council of Higher Education becomes first state comptroller in decades who was not previously a judge, says he won't meddle in decision making

Especially after this year's political shenanigans, the chaotic, tribal electoral system gets a bad rap; it is also the source of Israel's strength, solidarity and democracy

Blue and White party leader says Netanyahu 'has lost it,' calls on him to step down; warns Ehud Barak's new political bid could do harm by dividing votes

Legal experts say there's no going back on vote initiating snap elections; some analysts see the measure as an effort by Netanyahu to avoid blame for having orchestrated move