Shlomo Karhi rejects blame for poor showing by Netanyahu's party, touts moves to boost election security and says he recommended PM form team to 'go over all the protocols'

Porposal would reportedly see Lapid, Bennett, rotate premiership, with hope of Haredim joining in; but Yamina, New Hope must first agree to tacit Arab party backing

New Hope MK: Likud representatives offered me 'half a kingdom' to defect; Joint List MK: We won't cooperate with anti-Netanyahu bloc for free

Yifat Shasha-Biton also says her faction will not partner with Joint List, calls on Netanyahu to step down

Yisrael Beytenu chief says law blocking indicted MK from forming coalition will prevent further elections; Likud slams 'anti-democratic' proposal, likens such law to Iran

Marked drop in turnout for PM's party recorded in small cities where it previously dominated and in large metropolises, as it picks up some 285,000 fewer votes than last year

Religious Zionism head calls on Bennett and Sa'ar to 'enter a right-wing government,' further narrows Netanyahu's already slim prospects for building a majority coalition

Prime minister fears the Islamist party could back legislation that would bar him from forming a coalition, report says

Liberman sees jump in support in Druze areas; United Torah Judaism leads in Jerusalem; Arab community mostly supports Joint List

Though ultra-Orthodox Shas and UTJ are expected to keep their Knesset strength, they had expected a better showing; 'He walked all over us,' one MK says of PM