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.

|By103FM
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

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
ALTERNATE PRIME MINISTER Benny Gantz – alone at the top of Blue and White.

Gantz: Nissenkorn stabbed me in the back

Nissenkorn: His concessions were crazy

JANUARY 1, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Picture of Benny Gantz and Histadrut Labor Union chairman Avi Nissenkorn

Science and Technology Minister Izhar Shay leaves Blue and White

Blue and White down to 9 party members from 37

DECEMBER 31, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
New Knesset member Izhar Shay poses for a picture at the Knesset, on April 29, 2019

Gabi Ashkenazi quits Blue and White, as party continues to unravel

Ashkenazi will not be quitting post as foreign minister. Benny Gantz credited him with helping to stop annexation of the West Bank.

DECEMBER 30, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
DEFENSE MINISTER and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz speaks to Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on May 31.

Avi Nissenkorn quits Justice Ministry

A source close to Gantz said he wanted to appoint his confidant, Culture and Sports Minister Chili Tropper, to the post.

DECEMBER 30, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN, YONAH JEREMY BOB
Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai and Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn at the announcement on Huldai's new party, December 29, 2020

Benny Gantz announces Blue and White run Tuesday night

Alternate PM said he saved Israeli democracy

DECEMBER 29, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN

Blue and White saves Yifat Shasha-Biton from being sanctioned 'deserter'

Being labeled a "deserter" would mean she could not take party funding with her to Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope Party.

DECEMBER 28, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
MK Yifat Shasha-Biton attends the Knesset House Committee, December 28, 2020