Alaa al-Din Jabareen, next in line for Knesset seat, resigns, putting Abbas loyalist on Knesset threshold instead of dissident; Ra'am MK denies party seeking Ghanaim's resignation

Rejecting Abbas assertions, Israel Katz denies he was ever presented with proposal for Likud to form government with Islamist party

Ra'am chief says if coalition crisis continues, he will support heading for elections; settler leader slams opposition for voting against bill renewing Israeli law in settlements

But silence of New Hope's Gideon Sa'ar, who said vote was a test of coalition's desire to survive, raises questions how long alliance can carry on

Faction leader tells coalition he can't convince MK Mazen Ghanaim to support legislation to extend Israeli law to settlers, the latest test for the imperiled government

The allocation of money, held up in government ministries, is part of the government's 5-year plan; right-wing MK Smotrich calls move 'irresponsible'

Rinawie Zoabi insists she's not walking back resignation, but acknowledges that she doesn't want to see Netanyahu return to power and may cooperate with coalition from opposition

But Sami Abou Shahadeh's colleague Ahmad Tibi is reportedly in talks with Lapid to throw coalition a lifeline and ostensibly prevent another election

Rinawie Zoabi won't rule out resigning from Knesset, which would return seat to Meretz; says will support coalition 'for now'; Horowitz said to have 'long, good' talks with MK

After failing to bring bill, government now plans public vote on scholarships in bid to shame opposition into supporting troops; Likud chief says better to see coalition fail