Givat Shmuel Mayor Yossi Brodny joined MK Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu, influencing the anti-Netanyahu right-wing leadership race.
Similar accusations have been made by various individuals against his own father, Prime Minister Netanyahu.
The poll showed that the Israeli public mostly prefers giving up control of the Philadelphi Corridor in order to enable a prisoner-hostage exchange deal (48%).
Bennett's joining the opposition bloc gives him a coalition majority of 63 seats because, according to the survey, four seats go to the new Bennett party heading the coalition bloc.
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
The spell that Israel’s longest-serving prime minister has cast on Israeli politics for two decades seems to have ended.
Israel needs new leadership – recycling the leaders who have already tried and failed is not the solution.
Netanyahu's Likud party is stabilizing, while his coalition partners see a drop in mandates. Where do parties stand should elections be called?
TIME Magazine published a follow-up report disputing statements made by the prime minister in his exclusive interview earlier this month.
Israeli voters prefer Prime Minister Netanyahu to opposition leader and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid.
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