Tagged Blue and White party
Gantz and Netanyahu break off talks of a unity government that would include both of them
March 19, 2020 / Marcy Oster, JTA
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Blue and White party led by Benny Gantz, who has been tasked with assembling a coalition government, said Thursday that it has broken off talks with Likud on a unity government without reaching an agreement. "Contact with the Likud negotiating team has been terminated this… Read more »
Israel's president charges Knesset with forming a government coalition for the first time
November 21, 2019 / Marcy Oster, JTA
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin handed the mandate to form a government coalition to the Knesset for the first time. Rivlin met Thursday with Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein to hand him the formal notice a day after Blue and White party head Benny Gantz announced he was… Read more »
Benny Gantz vows to defeat hatred at memorial rally for Yitzhak Rabin
JERUSALEM (JTA) — "The state of Israel will never surrender to hatred," Benny Gantz told tens of thousands of Israelis who gathered to remember murdered prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. "The children of Israel will no longer grow up in a state some of whose leaders sanctify hatred," Gantz also… Read more »
Netanyahu and Liberman will meet to discuss unity government
October 2, 2019 / Marcy Oster, JTA
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Liberman, who prevented Netanyahu from forming a coalition government following elections in April, will meet to discuss a unity government. The meeting, confirmed by Liberman in a social media post, is scheduled for Thursday morning in Jerusalem. Liberman said even… Read more »
Netanyahu nominated to form Israel's government
September 25, 2019 / Sam Sokol, JTA
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will get his second try this year to form Israel's government after talks aimed at creating a unity government broke down. President Reuven Rivlin tasked Netanyahu with forming a government on Wednesday evening even though his Likud party did not finish first… Read more »
Arab parties recommend Benny Gantz to form the next government
Members of the Joint List arrive for a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Sept. 22, 2019, where they said they would support Blue and White head Benny Gantz for prime minister. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 23, 2019 / Marcy Oster, JTA
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Arab Joint List recommended to Israel's president that Blue and White head Benny Gantz be tapped to form the next government in order to end the political career of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ayman Odeh, who heads the coalition of four Arab parties, explained its… Read more »
Netanyahu and Gantz agree to hold negotiations for a unity government
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz have agreed to hold negotiations to form a unity government. The heads, respectively, of the Likud and Blue and White parties announced the negotiations late Monday night following a two-hour meeting at the Jerusalem residence of President Reuven Rivlin.… Read more »
The first exit polls for Israel's Election Day are in. It's close.
Blue and White party chairman Benny Gantz casts his ballot at a voting station in Rosh Haayin, Israel, on Election Day, Sept. 17, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and the Blue and White were again locked in a virtual dead heat at the close of voting in Israel, exit polls on Tuesday showed. Both Blue and White, which is led by Benny Gantz, a former military chief of… Read more »
Here we go again: A beginner's guide to Israel's 2nd election in 2019
From left to right: Avigdor Liberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ayelet Shaked, Ayman Odeh and Benny Gantz are all major players in the upcoming Israeli election. (Getty Images/JTA Photo Montage)
September 11, 2019 / Ben Sales, JTA
(JTA) — Trying to understand next week's Israeli elections can get confusing. Especially since we're talking about the second election in one year. Longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is mired in a series of corruption scandals and again facing a serious challenge from former military chief of staff Benny… Read more »
Netanyahu says he will annex part of the West Bank if re-elected
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that if he is re-elected, he will make the Jordan Valley a sovereign part of Israel, Sept. 10, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that if he is re-elected, he will immediately annex the Jordan Valley. Netanyahu also promised to annex West Bank Jewish settlements in what he termed a "dramatic announcement" exactly one week before Israelis go to the polls for national… Read more »
Netanyahu briefs rival Gantz on security issues, signaling Israel could take military action on Syrian border
JERUSALEM (JTA) — In a rare occurrence, the head of the main opposition party in Israel was briefed on recent violence that has Israel and the security establishment on edge. In the past, such courtesy briefings were a signal that Israel could be contemplating military action. Benny Gantz, who… Read more »
Netanyahu officially tasked with forming Israel's next government
April 17, 2019 / Marcy Oster, JTA
JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Reuven Rivlin has officially tasked Benjamin Netanyahu, the current prime minister, with forming Israel's next government. Rivlin met Wednesday evening with Netanyahu at the president's residence in Jerusalem hours after receiving the official results of last week's national elections. Party leaders representing 65 of the 120… Read more »
Blue and White co-leaders concede defeat in Israel's elections
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The leaders of the Blue and White party conceded defeat to Likud and said they would keep their coalition together in preparation for the next election. Party co-leader Yair Lapid, who brought his Yesh Atid into Blue and White, said in a speech Wednesday night that his… Read more »
9 takeaways from Israel's historic election
Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu greets supporters at his victory speech in Tel Aviv, April 10, 2019. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel's election on Tuesday was contentious, historic, crazy — and somewhat predictable. With most of the vote counted — some 300,000 votes from soldiers, diplomats and other Israeli officials working abroad have yet to be tallied — Benjamin Netanyahu seems poised to become the longest-serving prime… Read more »
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