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Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman speaks during a discussion on a bill to dissolve the parliament, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on May 29, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Litzman: Lapid has ‘infected’ Gantz with ‘disease’ of anti-Semitism

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Deputy Health Minister and United Torah Judaism Party head Yaakov Litzman on railed against Blue and White Party leaders Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid on Thursday, saying that Lapid had “infected” Gantz with the...
Yamina Party leader Ayelet Shaked at the Conference of the Manufacturers Association in Tel Aviv, on Sept. 2, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Shaked: Notice that Likud attacks Lapid, but not Gantz

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The Likud is “careful to attack” Blue and White No. 2 Yair Lapid, but not party leader Benny Gantz, Yamina Party leader said on Monday, indicating that Likud is planning on a coalition deal...
Israel Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman speaks during his party's election campaign conference in Tel Aviv, July 30, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Shameful comparisons in the name of politics

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Is it too much to ask of Israeli politicians that they take a pause before providing priceless ammunition to the Jewish state’s worst enemies? Clearly, the answer is “yes.” In what can only be described as...
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit in Efrat, in Gush Etzion, on July 31, 2019. Credit: Gershon Elinson/Flash90

With election season (again) descending upon Israel, can anyone break the political stalemate?

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With Israel facing its second election in less than a year after failing to achieve a government in April, significant changes to the composition of its political parties were just waiting to be made. On...
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz speaks during a press conference at party headquarters in Tel Aviv on April 10, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

BRIEF Blue and White concedes, Lapid vows to make Knesset a ‘battleground’

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The leadership of the Blue and White Party conceded on Wednesday, despite coming in neck and neck with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party in Tuesday’s national elections. “We respect the decision of the...
Benny Gantz of the Blue and White joint list speaks during a meeting with members of the Druze community in the Druze town of Daliyat al-Karmel, northern Israel, March 7, 2019. Credit: Meir Vaknin/Flash90

Blue and White leader Gantz: ‘Nothing is final yet; reports aren’t telling final story’

Leader of the Blue and White Party Benny Gantz said on Wednesday morning that despite the results that appeared to give Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a fifth term in office and a large...
Benny Gantz, head of Blue and White Party, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the Likud Party. Credit: Gili Yaari /Flash90 and Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

How an electoral tie represents a landslide victory for Israel’s right

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a decisive electoral victory at the polls despite tying with main rival Benny Gantz, former chief of staff in the Israel Defense Forces. While both the ruling Likud Party...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara cast their vote at a polling station in Jerusalem during the Knesset Elections, on April 9, 2019. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO

Netanyahu and Gantz cast their ballots as voting is underway in Israel

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his election rival Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz cast their ballots on Tuesday as Israelis across the country headed to the polls. Netanyahu, who earlier appealed to...
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz speaks during an election campaign event in Tel Aviv held by the Blue and White Party on April 8, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Benny Gantz: ‘We want to serve you’

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For 38 years, I was a soldier, a fighter and a commander. I made tough and courageous decisions. I led combat fighters beyond enemy lines and answered phone calls in the middle of the...
Benny Gantz, head of Blue and White Party, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the Likud Party. Credit: Gili Yaari /Flash90 and Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Deciphering the security policies put forth by Gantz, Netanyahu

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Israel’s general elections are about to take place, and naturally, the critical question of which security policies should guide the country have returned to center stage. While security is usually a central topic in Israeli...