Tag: Blue and White Party
Blue and White Party’s Gantz denies wrongdoing amid investigation reports
Israeli opposition leader and Blue and White Party head Benny Gantz denied wrongdoing on Thursday following media reports that an investigation was being launched into a deal between a company he had previously led...
Challengers Gantz and Lapid attack Netanyahu-Trump relationship
Blue and White Party leaders Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid are establishing their diplomatic credentials in the immediate run-up to Israel’s March 2 election with an insult to a U.S. administration that has arguably...
Talking points or sticking points: Trump’s Mideast peace plan has Knesset members abuzz
The release of U.S. President Trump’s plan for peace in the Middle East has led to significant debate within Israel’s political world. The combination of the plan allowing for immediate Israeli control over all...
Gantz sends a message to American liberals, but are they listening?
Heading into Israel’s third election campaign in a year, Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz seems to be in an even stronger position than in his previous two tries to topple Prime Minister...
Netanyahu vows to annex Jordan Valley, settlements ‘immediately’ if elected
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that if he wins Israel’s March 2 elections, he will annex not only the Jordan Valley, but also all settlements in Judea and Samaria, “immediately” and...
Gantz swerves to the right in voicing support for Jordan Valley annexation
Blue and White Party chair Benny Gantz announced on Tuesday that his party will work to annex the Jordan Valley after the March general elections, a potential significant move geared to wooing right-wing voters.
“We...
Lapid talks Corbyn, anti-Semitism and foreign policy at Jerusalem conference
“Usually, you’re not supposed to interfere with the election in other countries, but in this case I’m going to make an exception. Jeremy Corbyn is an anti-Semite.”
So said Blue and White No. 2 Yair...
Lieberman says Israel headed back to elections in 2020
Yisrael Beiteinu Party leader Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday that Israel is headed to its third round of elections with the course of a year.
“Elections are coming,” Lieberman told the Yediot Achronot daily in an interview....
Netanyahu: Gantz’s plan to form minority government with Arab parties is ‘madness’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Likud lawmakers during an emergency conference call on Saturday that the Blue and White Party intends to form a minority government supported by the Arab parties, something he...
Israeli party leaders lament stalling of movement towards government coalition
With a tenuous ceasefire taking hold across southern Israel, politics has again returned to center stage.
With Israel and its legislators analyzing the fallout from two days of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, and...