Amended numbers released by elections committee bring Netanyahu's party to parity with Blue and White; results to be presented to president Wednesday

With eight of 11 parties having presented their recommendations to Rivlin, premier wins support of 61 MKs in the 120-seat Knesset

In first, consultations are broadcast live in effort to promote transparency of government formation process

Secularist Yisrael Beytenu leader vows to hold the line against Orthodox parties over religious issues, even at price of coalition

If confirmed, gain for ultra-Orthodox party would put Netanyahu's Likud and Gantz's Blue and White neck and neck, with 35 seats each

Parties to form 'an identical and uncompromising' alliance on matters of religion and state to combat the secularist Yisrael Beytenu, says MK Moshe Gafni

New Right leaders, fresh from narrow election loss, avoid celebratory gathering; PM praises Beresheet moon mission, vows to back a second try: 'We don't give up'

The Bennett-Shaked party, which fell just 1,461 votes shy of entering the Knesset, had alleged problems in the counting process of special ballots

New Right co-leaders are joined by 9 from Likud, 11 from Labor and 10 other lawmakers who ran in the 2019 elections but failed to make it into 21st Knesset

Both Bennett and Beresheet get oh so near to their respective goals, only to be thwarted by harsh reality at the last moment