Blue and White party leader says he received AG's okay for move during campaign, to help those who can't go abroad to register as married; Yesh Atid MK urges him to quit race
Ben Gvir says that in talks with Netanyahu associates ahead of far-right merger, both sides recognized that PM can't form right-wing coalition without his slate in Knesset
Netanyahu has been pushing alliance, which will also include the anti-LGBT Noam party, over concerns factions would fall under electoral threshold if they ran alone
PM said to offer National Religious Party's Smotrich free extra seat on Likud slate, settlement construction plans in exchange for merging with Otzma Yehudit
Center-left party climbs further above electoral threshold in survey after holding primaries; centrist, right-wing bloc predicted to win Knesset majority of 61 seats
Welfare Minister Itzik Shmuli expected to follow; new party leader Merav Michaeli pulls faction from coalition, forcing choice between cabinet posts and party membership
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