Yitzhak Cohen decries 'secular coercion' and denies there is outsized religious influence in Israel; Yisrael Beytenu lawmaker calls him 'bizarre'

Neither Netanyahu nor Gantz is set to get the support of 61 MKs, so they're battling to head the biggest party and thus win Rivlin's okay to build a coalition. This may not be wise

Blue and White claims PM adopted its idea to apply Israeli sovereignty over the area; left-wing figures say move meant to help premier escape his legal woes

PM says Wednesday vote on controversial measure allowing surveillance of polling booths will 'find out who supports voter fraud'

Anti-Arab party's entry into parliament would put Netanyahu's theoretical right-wing coalition at 58 seats, still short of majority, survey finds

Anti-Arab party's entry into parliament, survey suggests, would increase Netanyahu's right-wing coalition to 58 seats, still short of 61-seat majority

PM accuses Yisrael Beytenu chief of joining 'the left and the Arabs,' while the latter says the premier sought to allow his 'militias' to disrupt the democratic process

MKs block legislation to surveil voters, preventing it from facing a scheduled first reading in the Knesset plenum later Monday

Yisrael Beytenu party head says he supports measures to prevent voter fraud, but says legislation to surveil voters is a bid by PM to interfere in upcoming ballot

Once among PM's closest allies, the populist ex-defense minister is again poised to be kingmaker after September's elections