Party official warns right-wing voters that support for Kahanist faction risks losing seats for the right-wing bloc

PM said to offer to lower electoral threshold in exchange for Otzma Yehudit pullout; Kahanist party leader says no plans to quit

Likud and rival Blue and White remain neck-and-neck, neither right nor center-left blocs predicted to have majority without Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu Party

Justices cite dozens of racist remarks by Otzma Yehudit Knesset hopefuls; allow rest of far-right slate as well as Joint List to run

Justices expected to decide Sunday whether extremist Jewish party and anti-Zionist Arab ones will be allowed to run in September election

9 members of ruling party, among them Netanyahu loyalist David Bitan, team up with Otzma Yehudit; Supreme Court expected to dismiss plea

Bid to disqualify Kahanist party falls short after Labor leader's brother-in-law disappears during vote, leaving committee tied 15-15; other left parties accuse Labor of betrayal

Itamar Ben Gvir wants half a million shekels from Stav Shaffir; stormy committee debate on barring Otzma Yehudit from elections descends into shouting match

Channel 12 survey gives the nationalist-libertarian Zehut 2.9% of the vote, just short of 3.25% threshold; racist Otzma Yehudit comes in at 2.7%

But Avichai Mandelblit, in legal opinion, says no grounds to ban Otzma Yehudit's Itamar Ben Gvir; dismisses claims against Blue and White, Joint List