Tag: Benny Gantz
After Gantz fails to meet deadline, Rivlin tasks Knesset with forming government
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
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...
Unity talks resume after Rivlin approves 48-hour mandate extension for Gantz
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,...
Gantz requests extension of mandate to form coalition
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...
Gantz, Netanyahyu, and the puzzle of Litzman
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...
Report: Gantz ready to accept limited annexation in Judea and Samaria
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...
Is Israel on its way to a 4th election?
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...
Differences on key issues threaten to bog down Netanyahu-Gantz unity talks
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and challenger Benny Gantz have agreed to work towards the formation of an emergency unity government to end a bitter political standoff and respond effectively to the coronavirus...
Israel’s democracy was never in danger
Israel’s yearlong coalition standoff appears to have finally ended, and not a day too soon. Without a permanent government in place—as opposed to the caretaker government that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has led for...
Netanyahu finally wins Israel’s elections, set to form large center-right government
In a key political victory, embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured an additional 18 months in office, as challenger Benny Gantz dismantled his Blue and White Party alignment and agreed to bring his smaller...