Party rival Yair Golan praises reported move, which comes after left-wing faction failed to make it into the Knesset

Left-wing party -- represented in consecutive parliaments since 1992 -- just 3,800 votes short of gaining entry; leader Zehava Galon decries 'disaster for the country'

Two senior politicians projected to crash out of next Knesset issue messages to supporters; Meretz leader says party will chase up every vote with election committee

Netanyahu calls surveys 'a good start' as Religious Zionism's Smotrich hails 'historic' win, while Yesh Atid calls for patience and Ayelet Shaked concedes

Lapid says election hangs on a thread, Likud and allies claim leftist strongholds seeing long lines, and several parties warn they're falling below threshold as voting nears end

Party leaders cast their ballots and encourage citizens to do the same before voting ends at 10 p.m.; Beit Shemesh polling station attacked by extremists

Ram Ben Barak denounces Religious Zionism as 'racist, anti-democratic' ahead of Tuesday's election

Left-wing parties say premier's siphoning of their votes is pushing them perilously close to threshold; meanwhile, Yesh Atid source says party will not let Gantz be prime minister

Zahava Galon calls on Gantz to declare hilltop youth a terror organization; says far-right MK Ben Gvir willing 'to pay the blood of Jews and Arabs' for the sake of campaign photos

Gilad Erdan says Palestinian leader 'time after time uses UN stage to incite against Israel'; Meretz leader urges PM to meet with Abbas