Everything you need to know about the front-runners, the new alliances, the parties in danger of stumbling under the electoral threshold, and the earnest yet hopeless unknowns

Our coalition is here to buckle down and work: to reduce the cost of living, to rebuild the Foreign Ministry, to improve relations with Diaspora Jewry, and much more

Newspaper says planned retaliation for Ashdod attack was opposed by some security chiefs; Netanyahu shelved idea after attorney general told him cabinet approval was needed

Rick Perry says Trump has authorized release of strategic oil reserves should the US need them, expresses confidence 'the market is resilient'

Ultra-Orthodox party petitions to stop municipality from offering cheap beer and free pool access to voters, saying it will increase left-wing participation in election

In dig at Netanyahu, Blue and White chief says president should give first chance to form a government only to a leader who commits to letting someone else try if he fails

Ceremony had been postponed due to fears of Hezbollah attack; previous candidate bowed out amid controversy over role in corruption probe

Oversight committee maps out places of concern, with unusually high turnout as one of the criteria; has not been able to recruit all the monitors it wanted