Amir Peretz, who resisted joining forces with Democratic Camp in the past, calls proposal a test of Benny Gantz's commitment to deposing Netanyahu

Democratic Camp lawmaker says she'll agree to drop from second to third place if it means three-party merger is maintained for coming elections

Amir Peretz says if center-left fails to achieve Knesset majority in next election it may lead to 4th vote; Yisrael Beytenu MK says PM's primary win will drive voters to his party

Both Democratic Camp and Labor enter another campaign flirting with electoral threshold; while some want them to merge, internal politics threaten further division

Party leaders are reported to have decided that a new vote would be unnecessary and costly

Officials from Democratic Camp and Labor reportedly believe they'll have no choice but to join forces amid risk of not crossing electoral threshold; Labor chief Peretz hesitant

Israel Democracy Institute finds that only 17.6% of Arabs and Druze, who participated in Tuesday's elections, voted for Jewish-majority parties compared to 28.4% in April

Aaed Kayal says alliance of Arab-majority factions used PM's anti-Arab statements against him, driving up turnout

Two days before elections, residents of Tira and Taibe complain of systemic discrimination and neglect of their communities, but some remain determined to go to the polls

MK gives up her seat after former colleagues in Labor criticize her decision to orchestrate Meretz-Barak merger; spot to be filled by ex-lawmaker Merav Michaeli