ISRAEL VOTES 2019

Shaked: 'Best if Liberman joins a right-wing government'

Yamina leader Ayelet Shaked says she's not interested in ministerial appointments but in forming gov't, joining Likud 'not on the agenda.'

Discussion on Yamina split delayed indefinitely

'Technical reasons' delay Yamina's move to split into its separate factions.

Netanyahu and Liberman must stop Israel’s third election in a year

Liberman: 'A state of national emergency'

MK Liberman urges unity government, invokes memory of those who fell in Yom Kippur War.

The political stalemate continues: Who will take responsibility?

Jay Shapiro examines attempts to form a government and fears that in the meantime, the next elections are on the horizon.

Yisrael Beytenu sets deadline for coalition progress

MK Liberman says party will offer its own solution to Likud, Blue and White, if deadlock doesn't break by next Wednesday.

'UTJ is just 68 votes short of extra seat'

Elections Committee releases protocols from final vote tally. Could UTJ appeal seat allocation?

Netanyahu and right-wing parties agree to continue pact

Right-religious bloc meets after Blue and White cancels negotiations meeting. Likud minister: MK Lapid responsible for negotiations failure.

Only 8% of Yamina voters happy with election results

Arab voters more satisfied with election results than Jewish voters, neither Jews nor Arabs want Joint Arab List in government.

Shaked: The opposition is also an option

Yamina chairwoman: If I have to sit in the opposition, I will fight from there.

Poll: Israelis against a third election

Majority of Israelis are against a third election campaign, new Channel 12 News finds.

BDS (Bibi-derangement syndrome) & the myth of Israel theocracy

Who can form a coalition in Israel?

Israel recently had a second round of elections. Is it on the way to another election?

Israeli politics has come to a standstill

PM Binyamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz appear to be mainly busy trying to delay, not advance, the establishment of a new government.

Blue and White: We won't agree to Likud's terms

As Likud team pushes unity, Blue and White team rejects unified 55-MK bloc, PM Netanyahu as premier.

Likud minister: 'We want a unity government - that's our goal'

Likud negotiators urge unity government, express hope for 'goodwill' on part of Blue and White team.

Survey: Less than a third of Israelis want secular unity gov't

Most Israelis do not support a third round of elections or MK Liberman's refusal to work with religious parties.

Labor MK urges Gantz: Don't give in to Netanyahu

MK Merav Michaeli says Blue and White chairman should wait for the opportunity to form a coalition on his own terms.

The betrayal of Benjamin Netanyahu

Do-over election, Israeli Arabs win big

Dan Diker views the emergence of the Arab Joint List, less the Balad party, the beginning of an historic shift for Israeli Arab leaders.

Gantz rules out joining gov't led by Netanyahu

"Blue and White led by me will not agree to sit in a government with a leader against whom stands a severe indictment," Gantz says.

Rivlin taps Netanyahu to form coalition

President grants mandate to form ruling coalition to Likud Chair, PM Binyamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu: Unity government is order of the day.

Rivlin: Election law should be updated

President receives official results for elections to 22nd Knesset. "Important that everyone feels elections are fair and transparent."

President Rivlin to name candidate to form gov't tonight

President to give Netanyahu or Gantz chance to form government after receiving final election results.

Bennett: We won't abandon Smotrich and the haredim

Yamina leader Naftali says Blue and White needs to accept that 'it also did not win,' promises to remain loyal to agreement with haredim.

'There won't be a third election'

Election committee certifies results of last week's Knesset election. 'There was attempt to delegitimize election,' says election chief.

Rivlin expected to tap PM Netanyahu to form government

Absent significant breakthrough in negotiations between Likud, Blue and White, Rivlin to request PM Netanyahu form next gov't, report says.

Shas rabbi calls for religious parties to join Gantz-led gov't

Rabbi Tzion Boaron says 'no difference' between left and right, calls on religious parties to join center-left coalition.

Blue and White officials struggle to come to agreement

MK Lapid refuses to sit in Netanyahu government, reports say.

Report: Gantz not ruling out joining Netanyahu's coalition

Likud officials say Benny Gantz does not rule out being in Netanyahu's coalition as part of a rotation in the post of PM.

Does Kabbalah have an answer for politics?

Can Kabbalah teach us a lesson on life and its meaning?

Likud wins additional Knesset seat

Central Elections Committee updates election results, announces Likud won 32 seats at the expense of United Torah Judaism, which has 7.

What do the elections have to do with the Messiah?

What do the elections in Israel have to do with the coming of the Messiah?

Is the Netanyahu era nearing its end?

Gil Hoffman estimates that coalition negotiations will take a long time. Doomed for December?

The myth that Israelis did not vote for a right-wing government

Liberman: We're not coordinating with any other party

Yisrael Beytenu MK meets with Blue and White rep. after meeting with Likud's Min. Elkin, party chairman says.

'We believe in right-wing unity'

Yamina chairwoman addresses coalition negotiations between Likud, Blue and White. "We trust the PM to fulfill his commitment."

Likud: We will represent the entire right-wing bloc in talks

Likud pushes back on claims by Blue and White officials that Netanyahu plans to abandon right-wing allies in talks for unity government.

Lessons Israel does not need from America

The head-scratching Israeli election

Can a broad unity government be agreed upon in Israel? Or is the next election already underway?

Proposal: PM Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, should rotate premiership

Likud's MK BItan suggests rotational power-sharing arrangement that may allow unity government, but contradicts election promises.

Netanyahu edges out Gantz in nominations for PM

Pres. Rivlin accepts Balad faction's request not to recommend anyone, giving PM Netanyahu the larger bloc of recommendations.

"Blue and White's schemes are hurting the president"

MK Bitan slams Blue and White for trying to manipulate Pres. Rivlin, says Benny Gantz needs to sit with PM Netanyahu and talk.

Rivlin to continue consultations with elected parties

Rivlin to hold second day of consultations with parties elected to the 22nd Knesset. Each party will recommend a candidate for PM.

Jews or Israelis - Who will form the next government?

Live Online Elections Analysis

TUESDAY: Free Live Online Post Elections Analysis/Q&A

On Tuesday a live online event will be held analyzing the election results and how it will affect the next government coalition.

Large parties to give Rivlin their recommendations today

Yisrael Beytenu, Joint List remain mysteries as parties prepare to make their chooses for prime minister following last week's elections.

Livni welcomes result of elections

Former MK welcomes election results: Something good has happened in this election and it can be embraced.

Blue & White to Joint List: Will repeal law on illegal building

In exchange for recommending Gantz for PM, Blue and White promises Arab Joint List to repeal Kaminitz Law.

Netanyahu's end? A Shakespearian tragedy

INTO THE FRAY: A strange thing happened on the way to the voting booth

Rivlin to meet with PM Netanyahu, Benny Gantz

Pres. Rivlin will hold meeting in attempt to understand whether unity government is possible, report says.

Jewish Home activists back Shaked: 'Merger proved itself'

Jewish Home activists say that if not for Ayelet Shaked, 'there would have been no vestige left of a right-wing religious party.'

Joint Arab List: 'We certainly won't join a coalition'

MK Aida Touma-Suleiman says her party worked hard to unseat PM Netanyahu, but doesn't 'automatically' support Blue and White's Benny Gantz.

Will Arab 'Joint List' give Gantz full support?

Joint Arab List weighs whether to recommend Blue and White's Benny Gantz for prime minister.

Surprising election: The spin of the voting percentage

Jay Shapiro claims that after warning us of low voter turnout, the public flocked to the polls and strengthened the left.

Confused by Israel's changed political landscape?

Liberman's conditions for joining government with haredi parties

Yisrael Beytenu chief says he's willing to join gov't which includes Shas, UTJ - if these conditions are met.

Will deadlocked Knesset bring unity gov't - or a third election?

As both Right and Left claim victory, deadlocked Knesset could force yet another election - or a unity government.

Netanyahu's tempting offer to Amir Peretz

Netanyahu's associates reportedly offered Labor-Gesher chairman the Finance Ministry and a host of other things. Peretz refused all offers.