Tag: Benny Gantz
Netanyahu, Gantz land in Washington ahead of visit to White House
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz landed separately in Washington, D.C., on Sunday evening, ahead of their meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump.
On Tuesday, Trump is expected...
Netanyahu, Gantz to visit White House amid reports of Trump revealing Mideast peace plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White Party and opposition leader Benny Gantz are scheduled to visit the White House next week for a development on the highly anticipated Mideast peace plan,...
Gantz sends a message to American liberals, but are they listening?
Heading into Israel’s third election campaign in a year, Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz seems to be in an even stronger position than in his previous two tries to topple Prime Minister...
Gantz swerves to the right in voicing support for Jordan Valley annexation
Blue and White Party chair Benny Gantz announced on Tuesday that his party will work to annex the Jordan Valley after the March general elections, a potential significant move geared to wooing right-wing voters.
“We...
Gantz’s ‘internal war’ rhetoric is insulting and dangerous
Blue and White Party chairman and former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz has insulted the decency and morality of Israel’s public, drawing false and dangerous comparisons between Israel’s current political dysfunction...
With Gantz having failed to secure a coalition, what’s next for Israel?
Just hours before Wednesday’s midnight deadline, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz returned the mandate to form a government to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. Like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before him, Gantz was...
No breakthrough in last-minute meeting between Netanyahu and Gantz
A last-minute effort on Tuesday night by Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a unity government agreement ended with no breakthrough.
Following the meeting, which lasted...
Netanyahu, Gantz to meet in final effort to negotiate a unity government deal
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, just 26 hours before Gantz’s mandate to form a government will expire.
Netanyahu...
Netanyahu: Gantz’s plan to form minority government with Arab parties is ‘madness’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Likud lawmakers during an emergency conference call on Saturday that the Blue and White Party intends to form a minority government supported by the Arab parties, something he...
Israeli party leaders lament stalling of movement towards government coalition
With a tenuous ceasefire taking hold across southern Israel, politics has again returned to center stage.
With Israel and its legislators analyzing the fallout from two days of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, and...