Middle: Ayelet Shaked (Yamina), Avigdor Liberma (Yisrael Beytenu), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud), Benny Gantz (Blue and White) and Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid). ..…

Our rapid one-two elections have been marked by the radical decline of the left, and the shift of left-wing voters to Blue and White. ... Security Netanyahu in the shape of Gantz and his two other ex-chief of staff colleagues — Moshe Ya’alon and Gabi Ashkenazi. ..…

Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 photo) • Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party won the closely-contested Israeli election on April 9 over Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party, but he was unable to form a coalition, sending the country back to the polls on Sept. 17. . • Beresheet, the lunar probe..…

He also has endorsed sharing power with Blue and White, but Gantz promised during the campaign never to join forces with Likud unless Netanyahu stepped down. . ... But Gantz doubled down on his pledge not to serve with Netanyahu.  . “Blue and White, led by me, does not..…

President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday tasked Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud party leader, with forming Israel's next government, after efforts to foster talks on coalition between the minister and Blue and White Benny Gantz failed to bear fruit.. Standing Netanyahu in President's..…

Gantz, possibly Israel's next prime minister, has made it clear that he would be strengthening, rather than dismantling, the illegal settlements in West Bank, and has even attempted to take ownership of Netanyahu's pledge to annex Jordan Valley... We are happy that Prime Minister has come around..…

Likewise, there is no way to know what either Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud or Benny Gantz’s Blue and White, the two biggest parties polling at around 30 seats each, will do once the victor is tasked with forming a government. . ... There is a sense they feel they have no choice but..…

Since the 20th Knesset was dissolved at the end of 2018, an increasing number of politicians on both right and left have been violating gag orders on sensitive security information for political gain, Amid the looming indictments, Netanyahu faced a challenge from former army chief Benny Gantz, leader..…

Ayman Odeh, the leader of Arab Joint List Party, said that Gantz's party asked him to have 10 out of his Knesset members recommend Gantz as leader of the country, handing the first shot at the coalition-building to Netanyahu. Perhaps Gantz feels that if Netanyahu fails first, the country..…

Nearly all of those who voted for Blue and White, the centrist party led by Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid opposing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, want secular governing coalition. ..…

With or without Netanyahu, there is no prospect of Joint List being invited to join coalition or even of heading the opposition. Similarly, Blue and White Party, like the majority of Israelis, maintains that Israel is the home of Jewish people where Jews have unique right to..…

The ballot on Sept 17 left had Netanyahu weakened and his right-wing Likud party in second place, with 32 seats versus 33 for former armed forces Benny Gantz's Blue and White party in the 120-member parliament.. Facing stalemate, President Reuven Rivlin tasked Netanyahu on Wednesday with..…