Yashar takes lead over Likud as Arab parties projected to receive 10 seats - poll

The poll also scrutinized how voters would react to a scenario in which Hadash, Ta'al, and Balad united to run as a joint list, or if a so-called "third bloc" formed.

Work has been done looking at a bank tax but no decision has been made, says PM.

Netanyahu said the Israeli military ‘will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed and will continue to thwart threats against our forces and our citizens’.

Declining political consensus in the United States regarding support for Israel is creating mounting pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and raising deep concerns among Israeli officials about the long-term sustainability of the alliance.   Critics argue that Netanyahu’s intense focus on cementing tie