Zionist Spirit leader says 'things have become clearer' as ex-colleague chooses Gantz-led alliance over their former joint home Yamina, in latest blow to party

Retired general to get 3rd spot on newly rebranded electoral alliance of the Blue and White party with New Hope; Yamina's Matan Kahana to also join

As his own political future hangs in the balance, Yamina deputy minister pulls over to save the life of a terrified kitten on busy highway; gets vaccine after feline scratches him

Deputy religious services minister advocates for wide coalition, says it would be 'a grave mistake' if his party leader awarded Netanyahu the premiership

Justice minister says anyone voting for Shaked knows she'll join a Netanyahu government; interior minister says she was making 'superhuman efforts' to prevent elections

After a year in the Religious Services Ministry, Yamina MK gets a middling grade from liberal figures for shaking up Haredi hegemony but failing to advance core issues

Yamina MK wants to continue to represent moderate religious Zionists, says a government 'of just one side' is 'very bad' for country

Bennett ally Matan Kahana likely to abandon new faction leader over ideological differences, as Shaked faces a struggle to keep MKs and preserve party funding

Outgoing PM says he hasn't decided whether he'll run again in next elections; Shaked said to have exhausted all efforts to form an alternative coalition in existing Knesset

Government's plan to pay salaries of female experts on Jewish law is important, says seminary head, but further steps are integral in bringing women into official religious life