Looming gas deal supported by 40%, but 29% oppose; pre-election polls project Netanyahu's right-wing bloc to receive 59-60 seats and Ayelet Shaked creeps closer to Knesset entry

Unanimous decisions allow Balad to run in elections, while Chikli will be able to take up spot on Likud list; court also rejects appeal against allowing MK Idit Silman to run

Text published in Russian-language bulletin lamented that party leaders 'have the cultural and psychological norms of those ethnicities'

Rebel Yamina lawmaker pushes back against decision to deny him right to run with Netanyahu's party, with Supreme Court decision expected next week

Plan would try to placate former prime minster by letting him maintain almost full control of party but keep him out of government, allowing a coalition with Gantz's National Unity

At campaign rally, former prime minister says Central Elections Committee decision to bar Amichai Chikli from running is political and aimed at bringing down the right-wing bloc

The Likud leader is touring the country to pump up voter turnout ahead of the November election; last week, he spent 7 minutes before one excited group in Ramat Gan

Channel 12 survey puts former PM's bloc on 59 seats, a slip from previous polling that suggested he had secured majority; Balad and Jewish Home fall well below electoral threshold

Central Elections Committee permits former lawmaker Idit Silman to join Likud; committee will rule Thursday on petitions to disqualify Ra'am and Balad, both Arab parties

Rami Ben Yehuda caught on camera punching demonstrators gathered against ex-premier near Jerusalem; party says it 'does not accept violence'