Tag: Benny Gantz
Ending a year of political paralysis, Gantz and Netanyahu poised to form unity government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin and his main challenger, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, moved toward establishing a unity government on Thursday after agreeing that the latter would serve as the new Knesset speaker.
If...
Israel’s coalition crisis deepens with High Court ruling on Knesset Speaker
Amid Israel’s aggressive attempts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s democratic system has been thrown into an unprecedented and multilayered crisis, now embroiling the executive, legislative and judicial branches of its government.
For over...
‘Constitutional’ sabotage of the democratic process
This week, Israel’s “center-left” bloc of political parties formally jettisoned former Israeli Chief Justice Aaron Barak’s constitutional vision and instead embraced the understanding of parliamentary sovereignty most commonly associated with the right. For decades,...
Netanyahu urges Gantz to join unity government, vows ‘no shticks and tricks’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday night that his Likud Party and rival Blue and White Party had reached agreement on the outlines of a national unity government, and called on Blue...
Gantz foments Knesset crisis as Netanyahu leads coronavirus response
In the midst of a bitter political crisis and without the support of a functioning Knesset, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been leading an aggressive response to coronavirus to limit the spread of...
Gantz has no government, and he knows it
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz doesn’t need the bills his faction presented on Monday to render Benjamin Netanyahu ineligible to continue to serve as Israel’s prime minister. Having received the mandate to form a government from...
Israel needs a ‘national responsibility government’
On Sunday, after a year of political deadlock, the eight parties that would be sworn into the Knesset the following day submitted to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin their recommendations for who should be tasked...
Netanyahu rival Gantz to get first chance to form a government
Despite the coronavirus pandemic firmly on most Israelis’ minds, the country’s political mayhem continued to unfold on Sunday as party leaders met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin for consultations in the wake of the...
Joint List unanimously backs Gantz for Israeli premiership
All 15 lawmakers of the Joint List alliance of Arab and Arab-majority parties on Sunday recommended Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin as Israel’s next prime minister, marking...
Netanyahu invites Gantz to form ‘emergency’ unity government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz to talks about forming an emergency unity government amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The invitation comes as Israel has begun the process...