Speaking to Israel Hayom in a special pre-election interview that will run in full over the weekend, PM Netanyahu says Joint Arab List Chairman Ayman Odeh is in an alliance with Blue and White and Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman. On his declaration of intent to annex the Jordan Valley – and the cool response from the Americans, Netanyahu asserts: "What I said was done with the knowledge of the US administration."

Israeli airstrikes in response to firing of three rockets at kibbutzim in southern Israel from the terrorist enclave. Home in Netiv Haasara sustains damage in attack.

Under Netanyahu, relations with the US, Russia, India, and the Arab countries have improved dramatically. Benny Gantz is a decorated warrior with a friendly demeanor but a political novice. Times are too dangerous to engage in leadership experiments.

Attempting to restore its hegemonic past, Yedioth Ahronoth has deployed Nahum Barnea to besmirch Israel Hayom. But this paper's unorthodox approach has proved itself time and again, and our readers won't be told what to think.

Netanyahu and senior national security officials to arrive in Moscow amid growing tensions between Israel, Iran and its terror proxy Hezbollah in Syria and Lebanon.