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Yair Lapid and Avigdor Lieberman lead a joint conference in the Israeli parliament regarding Israel's foreign policy, Feb. 29, 2016. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90

Yisrael Beiteinu, Blue and White parties sign vote-sharing deal

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The Blue and White and Yisrael Beiteinu parties signed a surplus vote-sharing agreement on Monday, drawing censure from across the political spectrum. Vote-sharing agreements allow for parties to use the extra votes that are not...
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak at the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum in 2015. Credit: Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation.

Ehud Barak re-enters Israel’s political fray

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Prime Minister Netanyahu’s reported attempt to cancel the general election he called for next September is viewed as evidence that he knows that he’s likely to lose this time. His allegedly faithful ally Knesset...
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...
Israeli journalist and New Right Party candidate Caroline Glick speaks at the Oz VeGaon reserve in Gush Etzion on Feb. 8, 2019. Credit: Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

Journalist turned politician Caroline Glick turns the spotlight on Blue and White Party, Israeli...

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Caroline B. Glick, a senior columnist at Breitbart News, was the senior contributing and chief columnist for The Jerusalem Post until she decided to run for the Knesset in the upcoming April national elections. Born in Houston,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a conference of the Likud Party, presenting the list of candidates on March 4, 2019. Credit: Aharon Krohn/Flash90.

‘Bibi or Tibi’ debate is about Zionism, not racism

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He’s done it again. After being called out for allegedly employing racist incitement against Israeli Arabs during election campaigns, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being attacked again for saying things that hurt the...
Moshe Ya'alon, Gabi Ashkenazi, Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid of the Blue and White Party seen after a statement Tel Aviv on February 21, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90

How the former generals of the Blue and White Party view the Palestinian issue

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According to polls, the Blue and White Party is the largest in Israel at this time. Three out four of its senior members are former chief of staffs of the Israel Defense Forces. Led by...
Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid of the new Blue and White Party at a joint a statement in Tel Aviv on Feb. 21, 2019. Credit: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Gantz and Lapid appeal for ‘unity,’ Netanyahu touts ‘strong leadership’

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The leaders of the new Blue and White Party–Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid—held their first political rally on Thursday night after the two candidates shook up the Israeli political scene earlier in the day. In...