Israel’s electoral system facilitates infidelity by letting blocs break up easily; with big parties unable to trust those hitching a ride, smaller factions may be left in the cold

Centrist Yesh Atid has pulled ahead of Netanyahu’s rightist rivals in the polls, meaning Likud can pivot from talk of ‘unity’ to a much muddier and less friendly strategy

TV network says prime minister planning blitz of diplomatic and economic moves in March to boost his chances in national vote

Hagit Moshe, a Jerusalem deputy mayor, pleads for religious Zionist unity; 2 other right-wing parties echo her call as polls indicate that together they could win 4 Knesset seats

Abir Kara of the 'I am Shulman' group says his 'entire movement' will back the right-wing party in March election; Labor's Itzik Shmuli rules out bid for party leadership

Netanyahu has no coalition without Naftali Bennett. Neither does Gideon Sa'ar. The fight is on

Recent polls show defense minister under the electoral threshold after pulling his Telem faction out of Lapid's Yesh Atid

Right-wing party heads slam New Hope leader as part of 'failed' unity government; Bennett raps Netanyahu for legitimizing Ra'am party, alleging it's 'Hamas's sister organization'

Right-wing union that ran together in previous election now looks set to launch separate slates, with Bennett looking to expand party's appeal

Yair Lapid tweets: 'I value and respect Moshe Ya'alon very much and wish him luck,' as yet another party is expected to join the already-crowded field of the March election