Average number of seats in the
two exit polls in which the
parties passed electoral threshold
French president congratulates prime minister for mandate to form government via a letter, follows Germany's Merkel lead in encouraging Israel to 'revive the Middle East peace process'
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Both the ultra-Orthodox parties and Lieberman are up in arms
Prime minister said before election that Likud would hold the education portfolio, but is now expected to renege and give it to Union of Right-Wing Parties
Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman is making legislation requiring ultra-Orthodox conscription a condition to joining the government
Trump helped Netanyahu get re-elected. Now it’s Netanyahu’s turn to help Trump's 2020 re-election campaign - by playing along with the Kushner 'peace plan' and by ramping up tension with Iran
Thanks to MK Issawi Freij, tens of thousands of Arab citizens voted for Meretz, and it passed the electoral threshold
The party whose forebear founded Israel is also over a million dollars in debt, since campaign budget had been set based on expectations it would win around 15 seats
President Rivlin urged the PM to make all Israelis equal partners after election campaign, in which 'things were said that shouldn't have been said'
Government funding will cover pricey campaign costs for winning parties, but those who found themselves outside Knesset won't be so lucky
Prime minister dismisses criticism over possible appointment of confrontational justice minister, calls it 'threats'
President Reuven Rivlin is expected to task Netanyahu with forming the next government after a majority of 64 lawmakers recommended the premier to build the next coalition
A final recount has failed to substantiate Hayamin Hehadash's claim of vote-counting irregularities in last week's election ■ Bennett: 'I, and I alone, am responsible for the result'
What would have happened if only Israelis living inside the Green Line voted?
Despondent center-leftists console themselves by asserting that elections have changed nothing – but their moments of truth are at hand
65 lawmakers tell Rivlin Netanyahu should build governing coalition; Labor party recommends Benny Gantz, criticizing premier's many years in office
Yisrael Beiteinu chairman says he would recommend Netanyahu for prime minister, but 'we'll go to elections again' if haredi conscription law not brought to Knesset; ultra-Orthodox parties plan to unite against him
Israel and the United States may be oceans apart, but both are led by wily nationalists-populists who stop at nothing
German chancellor calls the prime minister to congratulate him on reelection, expressing willingness to work closely with the new government
A crime appears to have been committed here, and the motive was racist. The Knesset never imagined such a scenario
Aida Touma-Sliman urges Avichai Mendelblit to follow directive issued by the chair of Israel's Central Election Committee, probe Netanyahu
The disappearance of Labor and arrival of the largest centrist party in Israel’s history means that the next political battles will be fought on new issues: Not on peace or the Palestinians, but democracy
America's no longer pretending to be an honest broker. The Arab world's no longer pretending to care about the Palestinians. That leaves France's Macron holding the whole future of the Middle East peace process in his hands
Rivlin expected to task Netanyahu with forming Israel's next government ■ Kahol Lavan rules out Netanyahu-led national unity government
Kulanu Chairman Moshe Kahlon says internal polling shows he lost voters because of his consistent defense of the legal system
Election committee gave Hayamin Hehadash access to ballots after party failed to make it into the Knesset, blaming irregularities
Leading figures in the Reform and Conservative movements predict what will lie ahead if, as expected, the prime minister opts for a right-wing and religious ruling coalition — and which unlikely lawmaker they may have to pin their hopes on
Sending hidden cameras into Arab polling stations was a deliberate attempt to scare off voters - and it worked a treat. LISTEN FREE
The debate among Palestinian citizens of Israel between participating in the election or boycotting it is not new, even if this year the participation rate continued a downward trend
Left-wing leader considering linkup with Arab party too, 'to have a more significant left-wing element, Jewish and Arab' ■ Hadash rules out partnership with 'hypocritical' Meretz
Central Elections Committee CEO says it would 'draw conclusions' from Election Day incident, which lawmakers claim may amount to voter intimidation
