Left-wing party says it won't hold open primaries, committee will decide on faction chief and candidate list, in a setback for incumbent head Tamar Zandberg

MK Issawi Frej and ex-lawmaker Mossi Raz say bid to be co-leaders of party aimed at 'building a strong and influential Jewish-Arab left'

Former IDF general says he won't be a partner in a party chairman succession battle; former Meretz MK Nitzan Horowitz announces comeback, eyes leadership of left-wing party

PA leadership, Israeli opposition parties slam David Friedman for support of Israeli 'right' to retain some of the West Bank

'The present need is a large and significant left-wing bloc,' leader Zandberg says, as politicians begin preparing for September 17 vote

Compromise seems off the table with Knesset session on dissolution bill set to begin; Likud minister says Liberman no longer part of the right

Ayman Odeh calls for Arab-Jewish partnership to 'enact change' as tens of thousands gather in Tel Aviv to protest against Netanyahu

Meretz MK says Mandelblit's decision a 'license to demolish' justice system; Labor lawmaker accuses AG of being 'afraid' of premier

Politicians remind PM of his pre-election pledge not to seek to bypass graft charges; Labor MK says he is 'destroying the country to save his own skin'

Channel 12 says PM has 'conclusively' decided to pass legislation to evade prosecution in criminal cases against him, has yet to decide whether to also take on Supreme Court