120 MKs to choose between Isaac Herzog and Miriam Peretz, with result expected within hours; Lapid still struggling to close gaps to form government that would replace Netanyahu

Yamina No. 2 Ayelet Shaked, whose demands for joining coalition are seen as key hurdle, joins the talks; Liberman: 'With a little good will' we can finish this today

Noting that he gave up offer to be PM, Blue and White leader reaffirms demand for agriculture portfolio plus a representative on judicial appointments panel

Report says Yesh Atid believes that Lapid will announce Wednesday that he is able to form a government with Bennett, the last day of his mandate to assemble a coalition

One report says Yamina chief has told associates he'll make a final decision Saturday on whether to throw in his lot with the bloc of anti-Netanyahu parties

Israel's top diplomat says Jean-Yves Le Drian's comment that the Jewish state is at risk of apartheid was 'a prize to extremist elements and terror organizations'

Proposal comes ahead of rights council session on 'grave human rights situation' in Gaza, West Bank, East Jerusalem; no commission of inquiry has ever received a continuing mandate

Top US diplomat later heads to Ramallah to meet Mahmoud Abbas before traveling to Jordan and Egypt * On Monday he urged return to two-state track

Lapid says chances of ‘change’ coalition ‘not high,’ but vows to try * Gantz orders seizure of chemicals, equipment, gold intended for Hamas

Knesset Arrangements Committee to vote Monday on bills setting term limits, barring criminal defendants from being tasked to form government; Ra'am party said set to back them