As Tom Nides lobbies for legislation needed for Israel to join US Visa Waiver Program, Likud adamant it will not back the bills, claims it's a lost cause this year anyway

In shift from right to center, pro-annexation MK who denounced Lapid as amateur in previous elections now joins his party, a 'wall against those who try to break us up from within'

Party refugees have the potential to tip election outcome, but many are waiting to see party slates to decide – likely skewing political polls

A user-friendly interface allowed anyone to type in a name and see whether they were a Likud member; feature was available for several days

Latest survey has opposition leader just one short of the required minimum to form a government; the bloc led by Lapid forecast to win 54 seats

Party disavows Michael Ben Shushan; Netanyahu has frequently railed against prosecutors, accusing them of fabricating charges to oust him

Yoni Jorno, now a lawyer, forcibly took Filipino worker to airport in 2001, attempting to cover up acquaintance's affair; he claims reports on matter are a plot by 'leftist' rivals

With Yamina's potential collapse, both Likud and the Blue and White-New Hope alliance are competing for undecided right-wing Israelis who aren't thrilled with either bloc

At party event, Heidi Mozes drapes chain with golden image of Likud leader around neck of senior MK Israel Katz, defends item as no different to UK currency featuring queen

Rami Ben-Yehuda called Yamina's Ayelet Shaked an 'escort for the Palestinians,' urged an MK to go to the 'gas chambers'; operative was praised at event near Jerusalem last week