Tag: Blue and White Party
Elections loom as Likud, Blue and White talks collapse, bill to delay budget vote...
Israel’s government on Monday night failed to pass a bill allowing it to postpone a vote on the state budget, effectively signaling the demise of the 23rd Knesset.
The coalition had to push the state...
Report: Gantz’s call for polygraphs sparks outrage after closed-door talk leaked
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday demanded that lawmakers from his Blue and White faction undergo polygraph testing following a leak from a meeting during which he admitted he does not expect Israeli...
Gantz’s ultimatum: ‘Pass a 2021 budget by November or we’ll go to elections’
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday vowed to dissolve the government if a state budget for 2021 isn’t passed by the end of October.
“If there is no budget, we’ll go to elections,” Gantz...
Israel delays budget deadline, preventing election (for now)
Israel’s Knesset on Monday passed a final version of a bill to extend the deadline for parliament to pass a state budget.
The new date is Dec. 23, said the Knesset in a statement. If a budget...
Knesset to approve budget deadline extension, averting government collapse
Israel’s Knesset Finance Committee on Monday morning approved a final version of a bill to extend the deadline for parliament to pass a state budget. The new date is Dec. 23, the Knesset said in a...
Can calls for unity and moderation unite divided societies?
It says something about the state of Israeli society that a speech containing many platitudes and little in the way of practical suggestions not only went viral, but is also being lauded as a model for...
Media polls show Yamina to grow, Likud and Blue and White to slip
Media polls released on Thursday show that if Israeli elections were held today, Yamina would grow, while the Likud and the Blue and White parties would slip.
Channel 13 News projected that Likud would win 30...
Likud minister threatens to block all non-coronavirus-related legislation
Israeli Cyber and National Digital Matters Minister David Amsalem of the Likud Party said on Friday that no laws would be passed in the Knesset this week other than those urgently needed to help...
Likud, Blue and White to work towards decriminalizing cannabis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and Vice Premier Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party issued a joint statement on Tuesday saying they would work to “resolve the issue of decriminalization and legalization”...
As Israel’s Supreme Court weighs in on unity government, how much power should it...
In a landmark ruling, Israel’s Supreme Court rejected all petitions against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forming a new government while under indictment, and against the emergency unity government deal signed by Netanyahu and...