Likud still hopes to reach deal with Blue and White to avoid election
Knesset dispersal bill with March 16 election date advances.
A Likud party election campaign billboard depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen above a billboard depicting Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, in Petah Tikva, Israel(photo credit: NIR ELIAS / REUTERS)ByGIL HOFFMANUpdated: