The better the Yesh Atid head does on election day, the more likely Netanyahu is to win; but if Sa'ar leads the anti-Netanyahu bloc, Likud will lose a potent election-day tactic

According to TV report, Yesh Atid head waiting for results of internal polling to see if addition of Blue and White chief to slate will harm electoral chances

Recent polls show defense minister under the electoral threshold after pulling his Telem faction out of Lapid's Yesh Atid

Blue and White leader says what he and Yesh Atid chief have in common is more than what than divides them; insists there is no reason to retire despite his party's poor polling

Survey underscores likelihood of mergers before Feb. 4 deadline; neither Netanyahu nor his rivals projected to be able to form coalition

Blue and White head says he, Lapid have common goal, doesn't delude himself he'll be PM after election; ex-Blue and White MK Zamir says won't run

Fusions of like-minded slates among Netanyahu's increasingly splintered opponents would help at least some of them avoid oblivion on election day

Blue and White chief says PM ‘deceived me, deceived you’; urges politicians to let go of ego and grievances and ‘unite for the good of the country’

Yair Lapid tweets: 'I value and respect Moshe Ya'alon very much and wish him luck,' as yet another party is expected to join the already-crowded field of the March election

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai's The Israelis drops to 5 seats in survey, as excitement around new party appears to fade