Blue and White

Gantz: Post-Oct. 7, Israel’s future depends on a broad, moderate, Zionist government - opinion

Ahead of Israel’s Oct. 27 election, Benny Gantz warns of national challenges, including internal division and weakened global ties, arguing Israel needs a broad moderate Zionist government.

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Blue and White Party chairman Benny Gantz attends an agriculture conference in Herzliya, Israel, on Sept. 12, 2026, ahead of the general elections on Oct. 27.
A PLENUM session at the Knesset.

Haredi parties, Yashar, coalition bloc lose seats in Knesset, as Otzma Yehudit gains one - poll

Elsewhere in the bloc, the Democrats gained two seats to reach 11, while B’Yachad remained at 13, Yisrael Beytenu at nine and the joint Reservists-Economic Party at four seats.

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Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett.

Israeli polls split on 2026 Knesset election possibilities, as Yashar, Likud vie for primacy - poll

The bloc averages also show no clear outcome: Netanyahu’s bloc, including Winter, stands at 53.6 seats, compared with 53.4 for the Zionist opposition bloc.

|ByMAARIV
Former UN ambassador Gilad Erdan at a press conference in Tel Aviv announcing the establishment of a new right-wing party under his and MK Yuli Edelstein's leadership ahead of the upcoming general elections, August 6, 2026.

Gilad Erdan says Unity Party weighs alliances, seeks broad government without radicals - interview

Erdan said that showing voters “a few parties together that are already above the political threshold” could “give a real boost” to support, as voters would know “the vote is not going to be wasted.”

|ByKESHET NEEV

Benny Gantz's political career is not over yet - opinion

It’s clear that the person who more than anyone else is responsible for the fact that a right-wing government could not be formed is Benny Gantz

JANUARY 7, 2021ByEHUD OLMERT
ALTERNATE PRIME MINISTER Benny Gantz attends a cabinet meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem in June.

Blue and White minister Meirav Cohen joining Yesh Atid

Harvard, Oxford and South African educated candidate to replace her in Knesset.

JANUARY 5, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Meirav Cohen and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, January 5, 2020

Knesset swears in first Philadelphia-born MK: Moshe Tur-Paz

Educator Moshe Tur-Paz raised by British parents

JANUARY 5, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Philadelphia-born Yesh Atid MK Moshe Tur-Paz is sworn in as a Knesset member. 5 Jan, 2020.

Blue and White vanishes with same speed it appeared - opinion

Blue and White appears to be following the fate of the Democratic Movement for Change (better known by its Hebrew acronym Dash.

JANUARY 3, 2021BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
TEL AVIV Mayor Ron Huldai represents the practical social democratic values, combined with pragmatism, that served Israel well when Labor was in power. Pictured: Huldai seen at a drive-in cinema in Tel Aviv last year. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

2021 welcomes pleasant era of boredom for Israeli politics - opinion

A dull era is ahead of us, which may actually be good news, if the parties are able to feel the spirit of the public and decide to be boring.

JANUARY 3, 2021ByMOSHE KLUGHAFT
ALTERNATE PRIME Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz (left) with justice minister Avi Nissenkorn, in November. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Nissenkorn: I didn’t surrender to takeover attempts by a bribery defendant

At a ceremony marking the end of his tenure as justice minister, Avi Nissenkorn took parting shots at just about everyone for undermining the role of law, though focusing especially on Netanyahu.

JANUARY 3, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn, September 2020

Blue and White chances of joining next Knesset fall after mergers rejected

Benny Gantz is seen as political liability.

JANUARY 2, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz announces that he will be supporting opposition leader Yair Lapid's Knesset dispersal bill, Tuesday, December 1st, 2020.

Moral of Gantz story: Being a mensch will only get you so far

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: That public persona of being a good guy – an honest straight shooter – is what catapulted him just over two years ago to political prominence.

JANUARY 1, 2021ByHERB KEINON
ALTERNATE PRIME MINISTER Benny Gantz – alone at the top of Blue and White.

Gantz: Nissenkorn stabbed me in the back

Nissenkorn: His concessions were crazy

JANUARY 1, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Picture of Benny Gantz and Histadrut Labor Union chairman Avi Nissenkorn

Science and Technology Minister Izhar Shay leaves Blue and White

Blue and White down to 9 party members from 37

DECEMBER 31, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
New Knesset member Izhar Shay poses for a picture at the Knesset, on April 29, 2019