PM reportedly tells ministers to prepare for transition of power; Netanyahu tasks Levin with coalition negotiations; Shas leader Deri may become finance minister, report says
Left-wing party represented in consecutive parliaments since 1992 slides just 3,800 votes short of gaining entry; leader Zehava Galon decries 'disaster for the country'
Sources bash PM for 'irresponsible' strategy of building up his own party in direct confrontation with opposition leader, leaving Labor and Meretz struggling to beat threshold
Does the past predict the future? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. What we can expect is stability in the number of double-envelope ballots, which will have a negligible impact on the distribution of Knesset seats between the blocs, unless they push some list below the threshold.