Blue and White

Blue-and-white in Brooklyn: Avdija, Saraf shine during historic night for Israeli hoops

Thousands of Israeli and Jewish fans packed the arena in Brooklyn, turning it into a sea of blue and white, as three Israelis shared the same NBA court for the very first time.

MARCH 17, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF

BROOKLYN NETS rookie guard Ben Saraf drives for a layup against fellow Israeli Deni Avdija of the Portland Trail Blazers during their teams’ duel in New York.

Israel blanks Nicaragua behind dominant pitching for key World Baseball Classic win

Dean Kremer took charge on the mound, while Noah Mendlinger powered the offense in Israel’s 5-0 victory over Nicaragua in a World Baseball Classic result that clinched Israel's 2029 WBC position.

MARCH 9, 2026|ByDANNY GROSSMAN

Team Israel's veteran MLB pitcher Robert Stock dominated Marlins hitters with a 97 MPH fastball.

Team Israel sharp in tune-up wins as Ausmus eyes WBC statement in Miami

Symbolically, a Zoom interview conducted from Israel to Ausmus in Florida was briefly interrupted by Iranian missile attacks, underscoring the gravity of the moment.

MARCH 5, 2026|ByDANNY GROSSMAN

L-R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Minister Benny Gantz

Gantz gives PM ‘full backing,' calls to topple Iranian regime after joint security assessment

“I made it clear to the prime minister: you have my full backing,” Gantz said after the meeting.

MARCH 3, 2026|ByKESHET NEEV

Knesset swears in first Philadelphia-born MK: Moshe Tur-Paz

Educator Moshe Tur-Paz raised by British parents

JANUARY 5, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN

Philadelphia-born Yesh Atid MK Moshe Tur-Paz is sworn in as a Knesset member. 5 Jan, 2020.

Blue and White vanishes with same speed it appeared - opinion

Blue and White appears to be following the fate of the Democratic Movement for Change (better known by its Hebrew acronym Dash.

JANUARY 3, 2021BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

TEL AVIV Mayor Ron Huldai represents the practical social democratic values, combined with pragmatism, that served Israel well when Labor was in power. Pictured: Huldai seen at a drive-in cinema in Tel Aviv last year. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

2021 welcomes pleasant era of boredom for Israeli politics - opinion

A dull era is ahead of us, which may actually be good news, if the parties are able to feel the spirit of the public and decide to be boring.

JANUARY 3, 2021ByMOSHE KLUGHAFT

ALTERNATE PRIME Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz (left) with justice minister Avi Nissenkorn, in November. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Nissenkorn: I didn’t surrender to takeover attempts by a bribery defendant

At a ceremony marking the end of his tenure as justice minister, Avi Nissenkorn took parting shots at just about everyone for undermining the role of law, though focusing especially on Netanyahu.

JANUARY 3, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn, September 2020

Blue and White chances of joining next Knesset fall after mergers rejected

Benny Gantz is seen as political liability.

JANUARY 2, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz announces that he will be supporting opposition leader Yair Lapid's Knesset dispersal bill, Tuesday, December 1st, 2020.

Moral of Gantz story: Being a mensch will only get you so far

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: That public persona of being a good guy – an honest straight shooter – is what catapulted him just over two years ago to political prominence.

JANUARY 1, 2021ByHERB KEINON