New Right leaders, fresh from narrow election loss, avoid celebratory gathering; PM praises Beresheet moon mission, vows to back a second try: 'We don't give up'

The Bennett-Shaked party, which fell just 1,461 votes shy of entering the Knesset, had alleged problems in the counting process of special ballots

Rafi Peretz reaches out to Shas and UTJ leaders, proposing they work together in coalition talks to advance issues of religion and state where they all largely agree

In bolting Jewish Home to form New Right, Bennett and Shaked tried to drag along more 'mainstream' religious Zionists -- some agreed to follow, but that simply wasn't enough

The ultra-Orthodox won big by invoking rabbinic leaders; the secular right-wing that played with racial prejudices did relatively well, while those that didn't fared poorly

Official insists only data posted online was wrong, while actual ballot count safe in 'separate and secure server'; says no suspicion that glitches were caused by cyberattack

When they broke from Jewish Home, Shaked and Bennett left an angry religious-Zionist faction behind -- one none too eager to back them as they hover just short of the threshold

Union of Right-Wing Parties joins demand as Central Elections Committee releases final results but says it is reviewing the vote-count process

Tallying ballots from soldiers, diplomats and prisoners likely to be completed Thursday morning, with Naftali Bennett's party 0.02% short of entering Knesset

Tallying ballots from soldiers, diplomats and prisoners likely to be completed Thursday morning, with Naftali Bennett's party 4,300 votes short of entering Knesset