Tag: Blue and White Party
Israel lawmakers propose multiple bills designed to oust Netanyahu
The COVID-19 pandemic cast a pall over the swearing in of Israel’s 23rd Knesset on Monday, with the Knesset’s 120 lawmakers being sworn in three at a time to avoid spreading the disease, while...
Joint List unanimously backs Gantz for Israeli premiership
All 15 lawmakers of the Joint List alliance of Arab and Arab-majority parties on Sunday recommended Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin as Israel’s next prime minister, marking...
Center-left push for legislation to stop Netanyahu forming a government sparks outrage
Meretz Party chairman Nitzan Horowitz on Wednesday called on Blue and White to form a government on the basis of a law that would prevent a prime minister under indictment from forming a government.
According...
Gantz to supporters: ‘I share your pain and disappointment’
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz told supporters in Tel Aviv on Monday night that he shared their “pain and disappointment” as exit polls indicated a convincing win for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and...
Netanyahu builds momentum in final days of third campaign
After 11 years of Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, many Israelis have claimed that they are tired of Benjamin Netanyahu. Or are they? Just days before a third round of national polls in less than...
Final polling shows Likud, Blue and White tied with slight edge to right-wing bloc
With elections mere days away the last Israel Hayom-i24 News poll before Israelis go to the ballot box projects a dead heat between ruling party Likud, and challenger Blue and White, but says that overall, the...
Israeli teens learn public diplomacy skills to serve as ambassadors abroad
Itay Green, 16, wants to improve the way Israel is perceived by people outside the country.
When traveling with his family to visit British relatives in London or even to the United States, the Tel...
For first time in round three of elections, Netanyahu pushes past Gantz in polls
Were Israeli elections to be held today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party would secure 33 Knesset seats, giving the ruling party a slight edge over challenger Blue and White, projected to win...
For third time in row, Netanyahu and Gantz race towards an inconclusive finish line
Israel has entered the home stretch of its third election within a year, and with polls showing some possible shifts in public opinion, the parties have begun their last-ditch efforts to gain votes.
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Netanyahu: Blue and White won’t follow through on Trump peace plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said over the weekend that his Likud Party’s main rival, Blue and White, would not follow through on the U.S. “Peace to Prosperity” plan if it wins Israel’s March...