The deadline also means the end to speculation over possible mergers between parties that were polling below the electoral threshold.

With Tuesday's deadline to finalize party slates looming, a last-minute merger between Eisenkot and Bennett looks increasingly unlikely. Netanyahu, meanwhile, is consolidating his…

Eisenkot, Bennett, Ben Gvir, Winter file independent lists, leaving landscape largely unchanged; Likud expected to submit Tuesday; Smotrich slams Winter for 'gambling' with…