Ramallah is willing to hold talks with "any future Israeli leader," says PA Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki. "Whoever will be able to form a government, we are ready to sit with him or her in order to restart the negotiations."

PM Netanyahu convenes heads of national-religious and ultra-Orthodox parties to consolidate right-wing bloc. If President Reuven Rivlin tasks Blue and White leader Benny Gantz with forming the government, "Nothing will come of it. We'll be one bloc, he can't do anything," Netanyahu says. Likud officials: Netanyahu is our only candidate for prime minister, we won't oust him.

IDF identifies "failed launch attempt" from Hamas-run territory, says no projectiles entered Israel. Two of three rockets fired strike the city of Rafah inside terrorist enclave, while a third falls near border fence.

The Left’s hypocrisy regarding foreign interference in elections aside, such interference is both dangerous and illegal.

"I have worked long and hard with Robert. He will do a great job!" Trump says on Twitter.