Analysis: Neither Netanyahu’s Likud nor Lapid’s Yesh Atid are expected to secure enough seats to form a government; instead, they hope to secure the Knesset majority with the support of smaller political allies

In his novel The Old New Land, the founder of modern Zionism proves his flair for prophecies and describes an election in which a populist candidate seeks to deny non-Jews citizenship

Analysis: Despite the seemingly endless political deadlock amounting to five election rounds on the spin, these factors are still at play in the race to form the next government