Israeli knesset

The decision is not final. Under Basic Law: The Knesset, the disqualification of an individual candidate requires Supreme Court approval before taking effect.

Once the issue that has shaken the haredi political establishment is resolved, the haredi parties could then consider joining the sitting government.

After retiring from political life, Tartman turned to private business and public activity outside of government.

The deadlock has forced parties to recalibrate. If the country is headed towards yet another deadlock, the question becomes: how can it be broken?

Levy also mentioned that he had met with party leader Yair Lapid, and had agreed to serve as the head of the party's court.

Posting on social media, the Likud lawmaker said the defense minister was "terribly afraid of the primaries' results," slamming what she called a "despicable step that mocks Likud voters."

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.

The latest poll showed that 41% of people think Netanyahu would make a better leader than Eisenkot, compared to 34% who think Eisenkot would be better.

Among the opposition parties, the Democrats have failed to return to double digits after losing two seats last week, falling to nine, below the level recorded before the party’s primaries.

Israel elects 120 members of Knesset by proportional representation; nobody has ever won a majority, 61 is the only number that counts.