In last-minute ploy, Arab MKs reject PM's proposal for Arrangements Committee; Ra'am leader Abbas says move due to incitement from Netanyahu's far-right allies

Amid coalition talks with Likud, Yamina expected to side with opposition on formation of Arrangements Committee, which would give it 'maximum amount of power'

Ra'am party chief, courted by Netanyahu in coalition talks, is sent home from hospital feeling well after operation on Friday

Reports say Ra'am chief would also reject Hamas in bid to ease path to potential cooperation with the right; is also said to prefer Netanyahu-led government

Calling for 'a normal people in our land,' Religious Zionism's Noam faction opposes recognition of gay and lesbian couples with children as families

Opposition to the notion has dropped since February 2020, including among voters for right-wing parties Likud, Yamina and Religious Zionism, the Israel Democracy Institute finds

Religious Zionism leader Smotrich said refusing to answer premier's calls to discuss government backed by Ra'am, as Labor chief urges potential kingmaker Abbas to join anti-PM bloc

Comments from Chaim Kanievsky, 93, come as talk intensifies regarding possibility of right-wing, religious government reliant on outside support from Islamist Ra'am party

Noam, part of the Religious Zionism slate, lists string of conditions for joining government, including halting state-run projects on Shabbat, upholding Jewish nation-state law

After yet another election deadlock, as taboos and promises are broken, the Jewish state eyes the leader of a small Muslim party who may determine the nature of its next government