With Netanyahu nudging, New Right and URWP accuse each other of making 'unjustified demands' in talks to form union; Zehut and Otzma Yehudit threaten separate unity deal

New Right head and URWP leader agree that negotiating teams will meet in coming days to advance the talks

New Right head rebuffs reported efforts by PM to block unification bid, says 'public will decide,' during tour of West Bank

Surveys indicate Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu remains kingmaker of next coalition

Associate of party leader confirms Sara Netanyahu also met education minister's wife and urged her to convince the MK not to allow ex-justice minister to head joint alliance

After New Right failed to cross electoral threshold in April, ex-minister says mergers 'insurance policy for ideological right'

Former justice minister expected to take top slot on party's slate, relegating her former co-chair, Bennett, to second place

Late-night negotiations yield no agreement according to report, as right wing parties jockey for position with 10 days to go until deadline to register slates

Survey shows deadlock could continue after September election, with neither bloc able to form majority coalition without Yisrael Beytenu; Netanyahu still most popular choice for PM

The education minister's views are pretty much mainstream among religious Zionists, but expressing them this close to the elections may not have been a good idea