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Yesh Atid leader MK Yair Lapid speaks during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on April 19, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Lapid: Blue and White perpetrated ‘greatest deception in Israeli history’

Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid on Tuesday blasted his former political partner Blue and White leader Benny Gantz for agreeing to a power-sharing agreement with incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing Gantz...
Blue and White Party election posters show leader Benny Gantz and Likud head Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israel's third round of elections within a year, Feb. 18, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Netanyahu, Gantz ink deal to form new government after year-long political impasse

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz have signed a new coalition agreement to form a “national emergency government” ending a political deadlock that lasted more than a year. “I...
Blue and White Party Benny Gantz holds a press conference at the Kfar Maccabiah Hotel in Ramat Gan on March 7, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israeli unity negotiations blow up as Gantz walks out

Two hours of talks to finalize a deal for a unity government fell apart Monday morning after Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz walked out of the meeting with incumbent Israeli Prime Minister...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin casts his ballot at a voting station in Jerusalem, during the Knesset elections, on March 2, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

After Gantz fails to meet deadline, Rivlin tasks Knesset with forming government

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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday informed Blue and White head Benny Gantz that his mandate to form a government would now pass to the Knesset, after Gantz failed to present a government by...

Corona curfew, coalition deadline

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As the clock was ticking on Monday evening towards his midnight deadline to form a government, Blue and White Party leader and temporary Knesset Speaker Benny Gantz addressed the Israeli people. Ostensibly explaining to the...
From left: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin and Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz shake hands at the memorial ceremony for the late President Shimon Peres, at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, on Sept. 19, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Unity talks resume after Rivlin approves 48-hour mandate extension for Gantz

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After being granted a 48-hour extension of his mandate to form a government late Monday night, unity talks resumed between Blue and White Party head Benny Gantz and incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin presents Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz with the mandate to form a new Israeli government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to form one, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, Oct. 23, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Gantz requests extension of mandate to form coalition

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With his 28-day mandate set to expire on Sunday night, Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz on Saturday requested a two-week extension in order to continue attempts to form a unity coalition with...
Blue and White Party Election posters show party leader Benny Gantz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ahead of the Israeli elections, on Feb. 18, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Gantz, Netanyahyu, and the puzzle of Litzman

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As I am writing this, the betting is that Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu will reach an agreement about a government of national unity. There remain a few issues unresolved, and perhaps unresolvable except...
Blue and White Party head Benny Gantz speaks at an election campaign event a in Ramat Gan on Feb. 25, 2020. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

Report: Gantz ready to accept limited annexation in Judea and Samaria

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Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz is ready to accept a limited annexation of territory in Judea and Samaria, possibly bringing a unity agreement between Gantz and incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Photo: Israeli 2013 election ballots (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Is Israel on its way to a 4th election?

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Deafened under the constant drumbeat of the virus crisis has been the ongoing efforts to form a new Israeli unity government. What was perceived over a week ago as a quick solution between the Bibi-led...