With clock ticking down, PM may seek to exercise never-before-used provision to secure another 2 weeks for negotiations if no deal is reached when supposedly final deadline expires

As PM runs out of time to form coalition and his opponents mount united show of force, newspapers wait to see if secularist kingmaker will fall in line or prevent nascent coalition

Ohad Naharin of the Batsheva Dance Company would favor a boycott of his own performances if it would help Palestinians

Move comes days after fishermen were restricted to area 10 miles off the coast, amid a rash of balloon attacks from the Strip

Netanyahu struggling to negotiate a compromise between Yisrael Beytenu and ultra-Orthodox parties, with elections likely if no solution reached by Wednesday

Netanyahu says sending Israelis to the polls again would be 'unfortunate,' insists the deadlock in talks could be resolved; Yisrael Beytenu accuses ruling party of 'lying'

With vote on Likud proposal set for initial reading on Monday, premier says talks to reach deal between Yisrael Beytenu and Haredi parties will continue up to Wednesday deadline

But agreement to 'preserve status quo' on religion and state currently doesn't include Avigdor Liberman, who refuses to join coalition if Haredi draft law isn't passed unchanged