Tag: Blue and White
Labor’s Meirav Michaeli ‘will break up the coalition,’ Gantz’s inner circle warns
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s threat to topple the coalition unless his bill to raise salaries for career soldiers is approved by the Knesset has put the government in crisis mode. Transportation Minister Merav...
Blue and White exodus continues as Minister Meirav Cohen jumps ship to Yesh Atid
Israeli Social Equality Minister Meirav Cohen announced on Tuesday that she will be leaving the Blue and White Party to join Yesh Atid ahead of the country’s March 23 elections.
Cohen is the ninth lawmaker...
Israel’s government collapses, forcing fourth elections in two years
Israel’s government collapsed on Tuesday, forcing the Jewish state into yet another election—the fourth in the last two years.
The government automatically dissolved on Tuesday at midnight after it failed to pass a budget for...
Knesset edges closer to dissolution as Gantz sides with opposition
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that his Blue and White faction will side with the opposition on Wednesday when its motion to dissolve the Knesset comes up for a vote in...