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Blue and White Party No. 2 speaks at the Israel Allies Foundation’s annual Chairman’s Conference., Dec. 9, 2019. Photo by Avi Hayun.

Lapid talks Corbyn, anti-Semitism and foreign policy at Jerusalem conference

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“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...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman during a visit to the West Bank, July 20, 2016. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Last-ditch Netanyahu-Lieberman meeting ends with no breakthrough

A last-ditch effort by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday morning to form a broad unity government ended in failure. According to a Likud statement, “the meeting...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Immigrant Absorption Minister Ze'ev Elkin during a Likud Party meeting at the Knesset, on May 18, 2015. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Right-wing parties decide to stick together as unity talks flail

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday with leaders of parties from the right-wing bloc to discuss the future of negotiations to form a unity government after talks with Blue and White went...
Blue and White Party No. 2 Yair Lapid delivers a statement during a faction meeting in Tel Aviv, Sept. 19, 2019. Photo by Avshalom Shoshoni/Flash90.

Lapid said to refuse to serve under Netanyahu, unity government or no

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Blue and White Party No. 2 Yair Lapid will not join a government headed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even if Netanyahu’s Likud Party and Blue and White form a unity government, party...
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox supporters of the United Torah Judaism Party rally in Jerusalem, on Sept. 15, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Ultra-Orthodox rally in Jerusalem ahead of elections draws tens of thousands

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An estimated 50,000 ultra-Orthodox Israelis converged on Jerusalem’s Bar-Ilan intersection on Sunday for a United Torah Judaism Party election rally. Top religious leaders urged them to get out and vote, while UTJ leader Deputy Health...
Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman speaks during a discussion on a bill to dissolve the parliament, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on May 29, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Litzman: Lapid has ‘infected’ Gantz with ‘disease’ of anti-Semitism

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Deputy Health Minister and United Torah Judaism Party head Yaakov Litzman on railed against Blue and White Party leaders Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid on Thursday, saying that Lapid had “infected” Gantz with the...
Israel Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman speaks during his party's election campaign conference in Tel Aviv, July 30, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Shameful comparisons in the name of politics

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Is it too much to ask of Israeli politicians that they take a pause before providing priceless ammunition to the Jewish state’s worst enemies? Clearly, the answer is “yes.” In what can only be described as...
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...
Yesh Atid and Israel Resilience Party members announce their merger on Feb. 21, 2019, ahead of Israel's April 9 national elections. Photo: courtesy of Israel Resilience.

Yesh Atid Party and Israel Resilience form last-minute alliance against Likud

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In a turbulent race to seal alliances and set lists before the Thursday night deadline heading up to the April 9 elections, Israeli centrist political parties Yesh Atid and Israel Resilience announced on Thursday...