The committee is moving to disqualify Hadash MK Ofer Cassif and also voted to bar Balad chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh. The panel is also discussing barring all majority-Arab parties, as well as far-right Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionism and Zehut

Another term for this governing coalition would turn Israeli society into a collection of gangs and militias. In a month, Israelis will have an opportunity – perhaps the last one – to avoid this fate

The opposition's general sliding trend in the polls is a stark wake-up call for Eisenkot and his partners ahead of a planned meeting of opposition leaders on Saturday: work together or face an electoral disaster