Blue and White

Benny Gantz is reclaiming relevance in politics because Israel wants unity - opinion

Israel needs unity and renewed common purpose. Gantz is the politician who most credibly embodies that aspiration. That is why his campaign is gaining traction.

Head of Blue and White party MK Benny Gantz speaks during press conference in Tel Aviv on August 23, 2025.
A man lights a cigarette with fire from a burning picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as Israelis rally in support of the nationwide protests happening in Iran, in Holon, Israel, January 14, 2026.

Majority of Israelis favor joint US-Israel action against Iran - poll

Benny Gantz (Blue and White) at the Knesset in Jerusalem. December 22, 2025.

Gantz willing to make agreement with Netanyahu as 2026 elections approach - analysis

Benny Gantz.

Benny Gantz advances ‘no Ra’am, no Ben-Gvir’ election campaign amid weak polling


Knesset speaker aims to stop vote on dispersing Knesset

If Levin blocks the bill, the Knesset will automatically disperse on December 23 and initiate elections on March 23.

Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin speaks at a meeting of the Central Elections Committee, July 7, 2020

Netanyahu, Sa’ar, Bennett trade barbs as fight on Right begins

Poll finds Sa’ar-Yamina bond would beat Likud by six seats.

Likud MK Gideon Sa’ar (R) submits his resignation letter to Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin at the Knesset, December 9, 2020

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

Equality bill passes, embarrassing Likud

The Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties expressed anger at Sa'ar, who was prevented from voting late by Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin.

Knesset plenum, December 2, 2020.

Knesset dispersal bill advances with March 16 election date

Blue and White aims to pass the bill into law next week.

ALTERNATE PRIME MINISTER Benny Gantz keeps his distance from his nemesis, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during Wednesday’s Knesset debate on ending the government’s tenure and calling a fourth general election in the space of a year and a half.

Final possible date for election – March 16 or 23

Gantz: Elections to be cheap, fast and clean as possible

Benny Gantz

Arab judge appointed to J'lem District Court despite Likud's objection

The Judicial Selection Committee, headed by Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn, announced the appointments of 61 new judges.

District Court of Jerusalem

Gantz should have known better than to trust Netanyahu - opinion

When a chief of staff convenes his fellow generals, they don’t fight with him like the way MKs fight in the Knesset.

If he only knew then. Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu sign their coalition agreement on April 20 in Jerusalem.

Knesset pushes off vote on custody bill

The bill would cancel the so-called Tender Years Clause, which since 1962 has guaranteed custody to the mother of all children if one of them is five years old or younger.

NAFTALI BENNETT in the Knesset – he can best woo Netanyahu’s voters by never mentioning him in any legal or personal context.

Yesh Atid postpones bill to disperse Knesset

If the bill had been brought to a vote and fallen, no Knesset dispersal bill could have been brought for another six months.

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid participates in a discussion on the government formation bill, April 2020.