'Fake Negotiations': Netanyahu, Gantz's Parties Trade Blame Over Failed Unity Talks

Likud says talks were scuttled by Kahol Lavan’s Lapid, Ya’alon, but a party official says 'every time we were getting closer, Likud raised claims designed to make us say no'

Mandate to Form a Government Returns to Knesset After Both PM Candidates Fail

For the first time in Israel's history, two candidates for prime minister failed to form a government. Now, a third election looms

Analysis With Hypocrisy, Cynicism and Venom, Israel's Third Election Season in a Year Has Begun

Unity government is off the table, unless a Netanyahu bribery indictment or a large-scale military confrontation shake things up

Explained Netanyahu and Gantz Both Failed to Form a Governing Coalition. What Happens Now?

The next 21 days will determine whether Israel is headed to a third election cycle within a year, as the nomination of a leader to form a government now goes to the Knesset floor

Editorial Israel’s Attorney General Must Decide on Netanyahu Before the Next Election

Live Updates Hours Before Deadline, Gantz Tells President He Has Failed to Form a Coalition

Lawmakers have 21 days for coalition talks, but no solution in sight ■ Lieberman blames both Gantz and Netanyahu for political deadlock ■ Netanyahu says willing to enter dialogue with Gantz 'without pre-conditions' ■ Is Israel headed to a third election? Analyses and updates

Analysis Lieberman Is Still on His Mission to Depose Netanyahu

Everything the Yisrael Beiteinu leader has done in the past year has been aimed at ending the Netanyahu era. He hasn’t achieved it yet — but with hours to go, he’s not giving up

Live Updates Gantz After Meeting Netanyahu: Three Elections Are Bad, but We Won't Abandon Our Principles

Gantz's mandate to form coalition expires Wednesday ■ Netanyahu and Gantz meet in last effort to form unity government ■ Is Israel headed to a third election? Analyses and updates

Opinion Mendelblit, Decide Now

Four Scenarios: What Happens Next if Benny Gantz Fails to Form a Government

Kahol Lavan leader Benny Gantz's mandate to establish a governing coalition will expire on Wednesday at midnight. What are the other options facing Israel?

As Gantz's Deadline to Form a Gov't Nears, No Coalition Deal Is in Sight

Sources in Kahol Lavan predict Gantz won't be able to form a minority government with Lieberman supported by the Arab parties by Wednesday at midnight, when his mandate expires

Analysis A Third Election Is Almost Inevitable. Even Israel's Political Kingmaker Knows That

Faced with the same deadlock as everyone else and playing for time, Lieberman might just be positioning himself for the third contest

Opinion Bibi Is the Past. Ayman Odeh – Lawmaker, Israeli, Unavoidable – Is the Future

Odeh, as a child the only Muslim in a Christian school in a Jewish city in the state of Israel, is 10 times the Israeli Bibi is. One day, he may be 10 times the prime minister

Analysis With Race-baiting Rabble-rousers Like Netanyahu, Who Needs BDS?

The prime minister’s obscene “emergency rally” against a Gantz-Joint List deal risks alienating Israeli Arabs just as they seek greater integration

Analysis Netanyahu and Gantz Moved on From the Blame Game. Now They're Playing Chicken

The two drivers of Israel's main parties are barreling toward a collision - and a third election

Opinion Gantz, Forget About Israel's Arabs

Opinion Netanyahu Is Worse Than Kahane

Opinion Israel's Real Minority Government

Netanyahu at 'Emergency' Rally of Likud Party Faithful: Arab Joint List Wants to Destroy the Country

The prime minister warned that if Kahol Lavan leader Benny Gantz forms a minority government with the support of the Joint List, 'they will celebrate in Tehran, Ramallah and Gaza'

Joint List, Arab Public Split Over Backing Gantz-Lieberman Government

Joint List faction United Arab List and Ta’al leaning towards support, disagreements expected within Hadash

Live Updates With Three Days Left to Deadline, Netanyahu Rival Gantz Scrambles to Form Gov't

Dramatic political week kicks off as Kahol Lavan leader nears deadline to form coalition ■ Netanyahu: Arab party MKs want to destroy Israel ■ Gantz, Lieberman: Progress made in coalition talks

Poll: 49% of Israeli Arabs in Favor of Joint List Supporting Gantz-led Minority Gov't

According to the Army Radio poll, 37 percent of Israeli Arabs support the Joint List actually joining a minority government headed by Kahol Lavan leader Benny Gantz

Analysis Is Gantz Really About to Become Prime Minister? Panicking Bibi Thinks He Might

Kahol Lavan leader has three days left to form a coalition. Benjamin Netanyahu is worried, and there could be a delicious irony if he is ultimately dethroned by Israeli-Arab lawmakers

Political Quiz How Much Do You Know About the Past Week in Israeli Politics?

Unity government? Minority government? What's Israel's 'unprecedented emergency'? And who is glorifying war crimes of terrorists in the Gaza Strip?

Opinion The Sheikh Said: Go Out and Vote

Opinion Netanyahu and Other Signs

Analysis Netanyahu Had More Than Islamic Jihad in His Crosshairs

Right-wing identifies former IDF chief as a threat