Hardline ex-defense minister has relied on support from Russian-speaking Israelis, but polls show his refusal to capitulate to demands of religious parties is widening his appeal

PM's party strongly denies accusation from Yisrael Beytenu chief, calling it a 'lie and a falsehood'

Eli Avidar reiterates party's support for civil marriage, blames ex-mayor of Jerusalem for emergence of tape in which Avigdor Liberman appeared to denounce pride parades

The two large parties both receive 32 seats in TV surveys, with Netanyahu unable to form a coalition without Yisrael Beytenu

Party official warns right-wing voters that support for Kahanist faction risks losing seats for the right-wing bloc

Yisrael Beytenu leader says he doesn't trust ballot counts in those communities, wants surveillance at all voting locations across the country

PM said to offer to lower electoral threshold in exchange for Otzma Yehudit pullout; Kahanist party leader says no plans to quit

Likud and rival Blue and White remain neck-and-neck, neither right nor center-left blocs predicted to have majority without Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu Party

Yisrael Beytenu chief also attacks right-wing religious politicians as false messiahs who want to return Israel to 'an absurd and unbearable reality'

Likud and rival Blue and White remain closely tied, neither right nor center-left blocs predicted to have majority without Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu Party