Blue and White

Yoaz Hendel: Reservists Party expected to join political alliance ahead of elections - interview

Speaking after the party held internal primaries this week to determine its Knesset list, Hendel said he was engaged in "sensitive talks" regarding a merger. 

|ByKESHET NEEV
YOAZ HENDEL, head of the Reservists’ Party and former minister, holds a press conference in Petah Tikva, May 10, 2026.
Benny Gantz speaks at the Knesset May 11, 2026.

Israel's next gov't should be comprised of Zionist parties from across political aisle, Gantz says

Gantz also expressed doubt that the current US-Iran deal would hold, particularly with how the framework relates to Lebanon.

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A LIKUD supporter waves the party’s flag at a gathering, a show of grassroots loyalty which has long defined the movement, even as critics say its primaries have reshaped, and at times distorted, who rises within its ranks.

Likud, Netanyahu dropping in public eyes amid Iran war, contentious legislation - poll

This is Likud’s lowest figure since August 2025, when it received 21 seats in a Maariv poll. However, the coalition bloc maintained its strength from last week at 50 seats.

|ByMOSHE COHEN
MK Benny Gantz leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, earlier this year.

Benny Gantz’s long political decline is reaching its final stage - opinion

Once seen as Netanyahu’s strongest rival, Benny Gantz now faces political isolation and fading public support.

|ByORI WERTMAN

Benny Gantz says goodbye to Blue and White rebels Zamir, Haimovich

Ashkenazi, Nissenkorn excluded from faction meeting

DECEMBER 27, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Blue and White parliament member Asaf Zamir speaks during a discussion on a bill to dissolve the parliament, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on May 29, 2019.

Thank you Benny Gantz, but goodbye - opinion

Gantz’s intention to remain in politics is as misguided as his betrayal of his supporters.

DECEMBER 27, 2020ByJEFF BARAK
BLUE AND WHITE leader Benny Gantz – not much of a politician.

86% of Blue and White voters won't vote for Gantz in next elections - poll

A new poll found that, across the political spectrum, large percentages of Israelis will not vote for the same parties that they voted for in previous elections.

DECEMBER 26, 2020ByEVE YOUNG
Dozens of protesters gather outside of Defense Minister Benny Gantz' private residence in Rosh HaAyin, Thursday, December 17, 2020.

New Sa'ar party could kick Netanyahu out of the government - poll

Blue and White teetering on threshold.

DECEMBER 25, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
GIDEON SA'AR in his Knesset office.

Netanyahu-Gantz gov’t fails, Israel heads to polls

Leaders blame each other as Knesset will automatically disperse.

DECEMBER 22, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Traffic moves past a Blue and White party election campaign poster, depicting party leader Benny Gantz, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 18, 2020

Election prevention bill fails, Israel headed to elections on March 23

Shortly after the vote, Likud MK Michal Shir announced that she would be joining Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope party in light of the election.

DECEMBER 22, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN, CODY LEVINE
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, as it disperses, sending Israel into elections in March, December 22, 2020.

Election prevention bill fails, Israel headed to elections on March 23

New election nears as talks between Gantz and Prime Minister Netanyahu collapse over new demands by defense minister.

DECEMBER 22, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN, CODY LEVINE
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, as it disperses, sending Israel into elections in March, December 22, 2020.

Netanyahu, Gantz agree on plan to postpone election

Likud, Blue and White delay budget deadline, automatic Knesset dispersal

DECEMBER 21, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Defense Minister Benny Gantz talks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi walks by at a cabinet meeting on June 7

Battle over next state attorney and rule of law continues - analysis

Nothing is for sure, but some of these compromises – even if some of the parties involved might have good intentions – could lead to major long-term harm.

DECEMBER 20, 2020ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit faces a decision that not only will determine his career, but also the trajectory of the state; General (Ret.) Gabi Ashkenazi, former IDF Chief of General Staff and Chairman Of The Board of the Rashi Foundation at the 7th Annual JPost Conference in NY

Gantz: Netanyahu must 'straighten up' or we will go to elections

Gantz also called on Israelis to get coronavirus vaccines, saying that he would be getting vaccinated in order to set an example.

DECEMBER 19, 2020ByEVE YOUNG, CELIA JEAN
Defense Minister Benny Gantz in the Knesset plenum, December 12, 2020.