Tag: Benny Gantz
After Netanyahu fails to form a government, mandate passes to Gantz
In the wake of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s inability to form a government ahead of this week’s deadline, President Reuven Rivlin passed the mandate onto Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz on...
At inauguration of 22nd Knesset, celebration was dampened by political deadlock
A red carpet was laid in the plaza leading up to the entrance to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament building in Jerusalem, and a large sign welcoming members and guests to the inauguration of the...
Arab support for Gantz a sign Jewish – Arab relations improving?
Ten Knesset Members of the United Arab List advised the President to select Beny Gantz as the next Prime Minister.
Three other MKs of that list refused to select anyone as the next Prime Minister.
What...
Could Benny Gantz make the left love Israel again?
The results from Israel’s second attempt at electing a government in 2019 are like a jigsaw puzzle whose pieces don’t fit. There’s no getting around the fact that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was the...
Gantz spurns Netanyahu meeting, says he will lead unity government
Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz rejected on Thursday afternoon Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s call to join a unity government under the Likud leader’s leadership, stating that he would be prime minister of a...
Netanyahu calls for immediate meeting with Gantz to discuss unity government
Following Tuesday’s deadlock election results, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz on Thursday morning to request a meeting “at any hour today” to discuss the possibility of...
In a deadlocked election, the real winners are Israeli Arabs
If nothing else, one clear result of Israel’s frustrating general election gives the lie to the claim that Israeli Arabs were being intimidated from casting their vote.
This arose from a failed attempt by Israeli...
The results are in: Who will emerge from Israel’s election deadlock?
Israel’s hyper-democratic parliamentary system is being put to the test once again as the second round of elections in six months has yielded no clear winner.
The two largest parties—Netanyahu’s reigning right-wing Likud Party, and...
Netanyahu: ‘Whoever doesn’t want me as prime minister should vote’ for Lieberman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu felt at ease Wednesday on the way to yet another election rally. In the run-up to Tuesday’s election, he has been making an effort to attend at least one...
Shaked rejects Gantz’s offer for unity government
Yamina Party head Ayelet Shaked turned down an offer by Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, who invited both her and fellow Yamina candidate Naftali Bennett to join his government, though not Bezalel...