Huldai set to make statement at 6:30 p.m., with mergers expected

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai, head of the new The Israelis party, will make a press statement at 6:30 p.m. today, his party says.

Huldai could be planning to announce his party is merging with another slate, or possibly even that the party is quitting the Knesset race after its recent freefall in opinion polls and the departure of his No. 2, Avi Nissenkorn