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'Shas made gains in most cities in the periphery'

Shas MK Michael Malkieli says party made significant gains in Jerusalem, periphery. 'We will need to prove ourselves.'

IVF mixup: 'Declare expectant mother as infant's legal mother'

'The one who gave this fetus life is my client,' attorney for pregnant couple says.

Benny Gantz:

'I am the only one who can move parties from bloc to bloc'

National Unity Party leader explains why he thinks he has the highest chance of forming a government.

UTJ MK:

'Government with Ahmadinejad is more likely than with Gantz'

MK Yitzhak Pindrus rejects possibility of government with National Unity: If we don't have 61 seats, we will go to another election.

Debating between Gantz and Shaked? 'Better to vote for Shaked'

'I am not like Netanyahu, I did not release terrorists with blood on their hands,' Interior Min. Ayelet Shaked insists.

National Unity MK: 'We can have unity with the Likud as well'

'Benjamin Netanyahu can be part of the government, but we've exhausted our faith in him,' National Unity's MK Michael Biton says.

Likud candidate slams Finance Min.: 'Shocked at his language'

'Avigdor Liberman has no problem putting the country into a spiral,' former Israel Hayom editor Boaz Bismuth says.

Minister Yoaz Hendel:

'Some religious Zionists don't want Ben Gvir and Smotrich'

Minister Yoaz Hendel targets religious Zionist voters and is unfazed by the polls.

Minister Ze'ev Elkin:

'We all know Shaked won't pass the electoral threshold'

Minister Ze'ev Elkin believes the National Unity Party is an alternative for the national religious public.

Likud MK to Israeli Arabs:

'When our backs are against the wall, we will protect ourselves'

Former minister Galant: If you bring the Jews to the threshold of crossing a red line, we will have to use the most significant weapons.

Publisher of Netanyahu's book:

'Netanyahu wrote the book himself, in Hebrew and English'

Publisher Rotem Sella on Netanyahu's book: There is no serious publisher in Israel that would not want to publish the book.

'Zionist Spirit is a right-wing party'

Communications Min. Yoaz Hendel stresses party won't join right-wing government. 'We only want a unity government.'

'Not starting school year on time is completely reckless'

Head of Students Council urges: 'Improve teachers', principals', status within schools.'

Education Min.: 'There's money for an agreement with teachers'

Parents' representative slams Education Min.: 'She needs to tell teachers' unions to be flexible.'

Former Shabak chief:

'Hamas ended this round stronger than after other rounds'

'This was one of the more effective operations I remember,' former Shabak chief Avi Dichter says.

MK Zvi Hauser:

'We had a government of 61 members, it crashed before our eyes'

MK Hauser from Zionist Spirit is convinced that a unity government will be established after the elections.

Former MK:

'Arrest those who removed Netanyahu through a trial'

Ayoob Kara did not condemn Likud activist's call to execute the senior prosecutors, said freedom of expression in Israel is 'broad.'

Minister Nachman Shai:

'Meretz is to the left of us, there won't be an alliance'

Labor Minister: We see stability and continuity in the party, we at peace with ourselves.

Political analyst: Benny Gantz as PM 'on the table'

Ministers Sa'ar and Gantz 'are trying to break free of PM Lapid's stranglehold,' political analyst Amit Segal says.

Likud MK: 'Kind of crazy that Blue and White is saving New Hope'

'Gideon Sa'ar is not very popular, New Hope's joint run with Blue & White will only help right-wing bloc,' Likud MK Karhi says.

Former Justice Min.:

Ayelet Shaked in desperate political position

'Yamina is a party which doesn't exist, the question is where the seats will go,' former Justice Min. Haim Ramon says.

Yesh Atid MK: 'We won't sit with the Joint Arab List'

'Joint Arab List doesn't want to sit with anyone, we have nothing to do with them,' Welfare Min. Meir Cohen says.

Strategic Advisor:

'No one in the Likud is waiting for Shaked'

Strategic Advisor Moshe Debby believes Bennett will take a time-out, doesn't think Shaked would be welcomed in the Likud.

Minister Ze'ev Elkin:

'We have had no defectors, divisions or rebels'

Minister Elkin believes New Hope will be a significant factor in the next government as well.

Yisrael Beytenu MK:

'We were naive, we believed Yamina's stories'

MK Eli Avidar blames Yamina party for government's fall: 'They shot us in the foot from the first day.'

Yesh Atid MK:

'Time for Netanyahu to leave politics'

MK Ram Ben-Barak criticizes Deputy Economy Minister Yair Golan who called Netanyahu a "malignant disease."

Meretz Minister:

'It's not over till it's over'

Minister Esawi Frej criticizes MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi: She is unable to withstand the pressures.

Minister Yair Lapid:

'We have a functioning government'

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid believes the government will continue to function and that the opposition will not be able to topple it.

Haredi MK: Bennett and Lapid 'are a pair of excited kids'

MK Yakov Asher slams PM Bennett: 'Not a single word of his is in line with true reality.'

Economic considerations, or revenge against haredim?

'Where is the economic logic in 6,000 women leaving their jobs?' haredi MK Malkieli queries.

Likud MK: 'Israel should be run by Jews'

'Government won't fall because of deserters but because the Arab parties decide to bring it down,' Likud's MK Zohar says.

Meretz MK:

'We will not topple the government'

MK Mossi Raz acknowledges he was surprised by the decision of fellow Meretz member Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi to resign from the coalition.

Expert:

'Israel should not give up control of the Temple Mount'

Ahead of Jordan-Israel meeting on Temple Mount, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amos Gilad says Israel should ensure police officers can remain there.

Top doctor says push to cancel all restrictions is 'premature'

'A portion of the population has already decided that coronavirus is no longer here, that is not completely true,' Prof. Mevorach says.

Top doctor answers:

How concerned should you be about the new hepatitis?

'It's still not proven that this is a viral infection - they thought it was a post-covid syndrome,' Hadassah's Prof. Mevorach says.

Likud MK:

'Minimal response in Gaza is the right thing at this time'

Former Southern Command commander MK Yoav Galant says 'quiet until now was achieved through deterrence from last May's war.'

Regev pledges:

'We won't cooperate with Ra'am under any circumstances'

MK Regev believes more people will defect from the coalition and return to the national camp.

Likud MK: 'I wasn't surprised' at coalition chair's decision

'Idit Silman made the right choice, coalition lost its direction in nearly every possible parameter,' Likud's MK Zohar says.

Expert:

'We are not as afraid of COVID-19'

Prof. Galia Rahav of Sheba Hospital: The virus is sophisticated and knows how to change itself.

Minister Hendel:

'Those who send terrorists should pay a heavy price'

Communications Minister on Be'er Sheva attack: The only way to avoid attacks is to fully control the area.

Meretz Minister:

'The Citizenship Law should not exist at all'

Minister Esawi Frej: The Citizenship Law does not benefit the state and it should not exist.

Top doctor: Polio was never eradicated

'What worries us most is that there is no treatment for polio,' top pediatrician Prof. Zachi Grossman says.

Danny Danon:

'West raises an eyebrow over our rapprochement with Putin'

Former Ambassador to UN: We must make sure that we are not perceived as giving legitimacy to Putin's actions.

Likud MK: 'Every family is paying thousand more than it used to'

'Government raised prices of basic products, hasn't fought a single monopoly,' Likud MK Eli Cohen accuses.

Haredi MK: 'No one learns in yeshiva for the stipend'

'Finance Min. Liberman's central ideology is 'without the haredim,' he doesn't even want to be photographed with us,' MK Uri Maklev says.

Haredi MK: 'Finance Min. spat in the people's faces'

MK Michael Malkieli slams Finance Min. Liberman, says committee should be formed to investigate his motivations.

Arab minister: 'Israel isn't apartheid'

'Israel is not an apartheid state, but it is also not a light unto the nations,' Minister Esawi Frej says.

Key minister: 'Return to Likud? Not relevant'

Key New Hope minister, Ze'ev Elkin, responds to reports that he may rejoin Likud, says Netanyahu likely won't retire from politics.

Yesh Atid MK:

'The planting in the Negev was unnecessary'

MK Ram Ben Barak: Many governments have neglected the Negev, and now we're seeing the result.

Top doctor: 'ICUs aren't filled with coronavirus patients'

Prof. Galia Rahav, top doctor at Sheba Medical Center, says hospitals are 'completely packed, we feel the rise in new COVID-19 cases.'

Education Ministry Dir. Gen:

'Our policy is to keep the schools open'

Education Min. Director General admits 'reality is complicated, learning isn't happening at the same pace as usual.'

MK Begin: Opposition is exhibiting 'artificial hysteria'

MK Begin on the commotion in the Knesset plenum: 50 people were shouting all at once. Bennett didn't storm anything.

'We are at the start of a sharp rise in infections'

'We're going to have a very hard month or month-and-a-half,' warns top doctor Prof. Nimrod Maimon.

Iran expert warns: Any new deal will be worse than the 2015 deal

'Progress in Iran's research and development isn't reversible,' expert Dr. Raz Zimmt says.

Minister: 'First line of defense against coronavirus has fallen'

Labor party minister Nachman Shai praises PM Bennett: 'It's not easy to stand up and say, 'We're making a change.''

Minister Yoaz Hendel:

'We must respond to violations of our sovereignty'

Minister Hendel: Response to Gaza rocket fire should be such that our deterrence will not be eroded.

Top doctor warns: 'We don't know post-corona effects of Omicron'

'Children are a vulnerable population, we don't know post-corona effects of Omicron,' head of Hadassah Medical Center's COVID-19 ward warns.

Senior health official: 'There may be a lockdown'

'Even the most liberal minister who doesn't want a lockdown will declare a lockdown if we reach a point where we need one,' top doctor says.

Expert: Initial numbers show Omicron favors young children

'There's going to be a storm in the number of confirmed cases,' expert pediatrician Dr, Meir Ezra Elia predicts.

Top health expert: 'I oppose mandatory vaccination'

Prof. Sigal Sadetsky, head of public health services, warns Israelis must not be complacent. 'Unfortunately we are before the storm.'