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.

|ByALON TAL
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

The responses were divided into those who support Israel joining the attack only if Iran first attacked or prepared to attack (29%) and those who would support Israeli participation regardless (44%).

|ByTZVI JASPER
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

In an interview earlier, Gantz said he does not rule out sitting with Netanyahu in a unity government. “It’s time to abandon the ‘anybody but Bibi’ idea and shift to ‘anybody but extremists."

|ByHERB KEINON
Benny Gantz.

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

Blue and White released a series of videos described as “nightmare scenarios” that it claimed would occur if “a government controlled by extremists comes to power again.”

|ByKESHET NEEV

Science Minister Izhar Shay announces resignation from government

Sources close to the minister have indicated that he will announce joining another political party in the following days.

JANUARY 8, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Izhar Shay, Blue and White party, 2015

Meet Ruth Wasserman Lande, Blue and White's new MK raised in Cape Town

"I know that I am stepping into a complicated situation politically."

JANUARY 7, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Ruth Wasserman Lande, the newest Blue and White MK.

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.