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


Netanyahu-Gantz gov’t fails, Israel heads to polls

Leaders blame each other as Knesset will automatically disperse.

Traffic moves past a Blue and White party election campaign poster, depicting party leader Benny Gantz, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 18, 2020

Election prevention bill fails, Israel headed to elections on March 23

Shortly after the vote, Likud MK Michal Shir announced that she would be joining Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope party in light of the election.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, as it disperses, sending Israel into elections in March, December 22, 2020.

Election prevention bill fails, Israel headed to elections on March 23

New election nears as talks between Gantz and Prime Minister Netanyahu collapse over new demands by defense minister.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, as it disperses, sending Israel into elections in March, December 22, 2020.

Netanyahu, Gantz agree on plan to postpone election

Likud, Blue and White delay budget deadline, automatic Knesset dispersal

Defense Minister Benny Gantz talks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi walks by at a cabinet meeting on June 7

Battle over next state attorney and rule of law continues - analysis

Nothing is for sure, but some of these compromises – even if some of the parties involved might have good intentions – could lead to major long-term harm.

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit faces a decision that not only will determine his career, but also the trajectory of the state; General (Ret.) Gabi Ashkenazi, former IDF Chief of General Staff and Chairman Of The Board of the Rashi Foundation at the 7th Annual JPost Conference in NY

Gantz: Netanyahu must 'straighten up' or we will go to elections

Gantz also called on Israelis to get coronavirus vaccines, saying that he would be getting vaccinated in order to set an example.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz in the Knesset plenum, December 12, 2020.

Deadline for preventing elections Tuesday night

Advancing the deadline by a day will make it even harder for a compromise to be reached between Likud and Blue and White to prevent the election.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz in the Knesset plenum, December 12, 2020.

Kobi Shabtai nominated as next police chief

In addition, Ohana will nominate Katy Perry to head the Israel Prisons Service.

Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich and Commander of the Israeli border police Kobi Shabtai visit at an Israeli border police base near Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 27, 2018.

Shasha-Biton joins Sa'ar, gives new party huge boost in polls

Sa’ar has stated that he would not join a Netanyahu led government.

Israeli parliament member Yifat Shasha Biton visits the coronadepartment at the Ziv Hospital in Tzfat, Northern Israel. December 03, 2020.

Rumblings in Blue and White of leadership challenge to Gantz

Benny Gantz has frequently been accused of being indecisive and to willing to bend to the circumstances dictated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz is seen during the preliminary vote to dissolve the Knesset on December 2, 2020.