With closure set to last weeks and deadline to submit slates fast approaching, many parties may skip internal voting

Also seeks to limit mayors to two terms; Eilat mayor quits Likud to join Sa'ar's New Hope, says Netanyahu's party has 'a culture of slander'

Likud would become largest party with 28 seats, followed by New Hope with 19, survey says; Blue and White poised to slip to just five

Eyal Arad on who Sa'ar should recruit, why Labor might not be finished, the one thing that could save Netanyahu... and the fighter jets you don't see coming

Former tourism minister was among lawmakers to break ranks and vote to dissolve the government last week, triggering elections

Defense minister cancels press conference Saturday; officials in his party say slate needs a 'significant' shakeup if it's to survive the upcoming election

Ashkenazi and Nissenkorn may quit politics, unsourced reports say, though party colleagues want the foreign minister to take over, and the justice minister is mulling move to Labor

Girding for a campaign without Washington's help, PM may be enticed to demonize Biden as he once did Obama to score points; but doing so would be costly, and might not work

Onetime confidant has accused the prime minister of destroying the party; colleagues say they were blindsided by the move

Lawmaker cites longtime political partner Yair Lapid's refusal to hold a leadership primary