Centrist leader and others rule out joining a government headed by a premier on trial, amid rampant speculation of Likud contacts with potential 'deserters' to fill out coalition

Voting to be held in areas under Syrian government control for 3rd time since civil war began; UN refused to recognize results of last election

Tamar Zandberg and Itzik Shmuli lament Labor-Gesher-Meretz's projected 7 seats, though others praise merger for saving all three factions from falling under threshold

Leading candidates to face off against Trump look to rack up delegates ahead of party convention; Bloomberg appears on ballots for first time

Central Elections Committee begins to go through 4,076 votes cast by quarantined Israelis; Health Ministry weighs precautions for travelers from US, Germany, France

IDF operations chief Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva returned from Italy last month and met with the prime minister before the Health Ministry required self-quarantine

Ra'am's Iman Khatib-Yassin, 15th on Arab-led slate, says that she 'especially wants to raise the voice of women'