Survey predicts Smotrich will fail to return to Knesset unless party merges with Otzma Yehudit, now polling at 8-9 seats, in blow to Netanyahu bid to ride right back to premiership

Following the primaries, senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur gives us the current lay of the political landscape; health reporter Nathan Jeffay on innovative back surgery and imaging

'Bezalel, I love you': Cajoled by Netanyahu, Otzma Yehudit leader softens tone in bid for merger deal a day after Religious Zionism primaries

Current Knesset members grab the four realistic spots behind Smotrich, who is reportedly negotiating to unify with rebel former Yamina MK Amichai Chikli

Candidates vying for spots behind party chief Bezalel Smotrich, who is pushing to soften faction's hardline image and snag Yamina voters, though Otzma merger may upend list anyway

Political correspondent Tal Schneider on Shas rabbi Shalom Cohen and Tuesday's hot races; feature writer Renee Ghert-Zand brings tale of lost Holocaust cabaret, 'The Last Cyclist'

Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu is grandson of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, a former chief Sephardic rabbi of Israel; Pollard turns down chance to enter politics: 'I've suffered enough'

Far-right MK adds he'd like to banish lawmakers he deems disloyal to state, while simultaneously saying he supports freedom of speech

Given favorable polls and friction with Religious Zionism, Otzma Yehudit leader claims his hand has been forced, but there's still a month to go before lists are finalized

'We mustn't give in to terror,' says firebrand lawmaker, as police aim to prevent escalation at flashpoint Jerusalem site during Israeli operation in Gaza