As Israel edges closer to snap polls, Yisrael Beytenu chief says his demand to pass draft law is 'not caprice, not ego and not revenge, but a foundation-stone of our platform'

Premier reportedly doing all he can to avoid snap polls, 24 hours before deadline; even if deal reached, lack of time will likely force him to hand URWP's Smotrich justice ministry

Addressing Likud secretariat before it votes to approve Kulanu merger, premier says that ‘the clearer it is that we are going to elections, the more likely it is that we won't’

Most media outlets seem to agree that even Netanyahu's vaunted political prowess is not enough to save the unraveling coalition and keep the PM in power

As Israel edges closer to snap polls, Yisrael Beytenu chief says PM capitulating to 'ultra-Orthodox extremism'

Motion passes 64 to 44, as lawmakers move one step close to calling new elections mere weeks after previous vote

Blue and White party leaders say that without current PM and his legal woes, unity government with Likud could be formed 'tomorrow'

PM says he is ‘doing everything possible’ to solve coalition deadlock, accuses Yisrael Beytenu chief of ignoring ‘excellent solutions’

There is 'a lot more to do' in strengthening countries' ties, US president tweets, amid deadlock threatening to send Israel to fresh elections

Israel hurtles toward another national vote in a matter of months as talks between Netanyahu and Liberman fail to yield breakthrough