PM reportedly tells ministers to prepare for transition of power; Netanyahu tasks Levin with coalition negotiations; Shas leader Deri may become finance minister, report says

Former prime minister said planning swift negotiations with partners to quickly oust Lapid, who has reportedly yet to speak with partners amid widespread anger over poor showing

Lapid confident center-left stalwarts will re-enter Knesset, after poll shows his party surging at their expense, refuses to rule out relying on Hadash-Ta'al from outside coalition

Opposition party asks election supervisory panel to demand halt after prime minister photographed with officers during Gaza operation; Yesh Atid says aim is to keep public informed

3 TV surveys find pro-Netanyahu bloc still stuck at 59 seats, as Shaked's Zionist Spirit fails to enter Knesset in 2 of them; PM's Yesh Atid gains no ground following IDF operation

The Jerusalem-Tel Aviv divide is being reified on Knesset candidate rosters, as juggernaut Gideon Sa'ar's right-wing ideology helps pop the myth of the Tel Aviv bubble

Unclear why Yesh Atid head, now fully vaccinated, traveled to Washington instead of making do with online meetings; returns hours before airport shuts down

With Likud sticking to GOP pollster, New Hope signs up with a group that helped defeat Trump from the right, while Yesh Atid sees Georgia as a model for beating Netanyahu

The Blue and White head will bring some NIS 20 million in campaign money to whoever he joins up with, and while Lapid is interested, scars and distrust will need to be overcome

After Likud ignores Blue and White's October ultimatum to pass a state budget, frustrated party leaders said to sit with various opposition figures on options moving forward