Blue and White

'I can unite the camps': Gantz tells 'Post' that gov. should exclude radicals, Ben-Gvir - interview

“My goal ultimately is to not have Ben-Gvir and other extremists dictating Israel’s future; they need to and will be returned to the political margins,” Gantz told the Post.

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Blue and White Party Leader MK Benny Gantz at The Jerusalem Post studio this month.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett.

Eisenkot keeps top, gains support for PM role as uncertainty grows in security, politics - poll

Among the opposition parties, the Democrats have failed to return to double digits after losing two seats last week, falling to nine, below the level recorded before the party’s primaries.

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Former prime minister Naftali Bennett (R), MK Eitan Ginzburg.

Former Blue and White member MK Eitan Ginzburg joins Naftali Bennett’s B’Yachad party

Ginzburg is the fourth of Blue and White’s eight MKs to defect ahead of the elections, with Biton and Farkash joining Eisenkot’s Yashar, and Tropper joining the Reservists’ Hendel.

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Chairman of the “Together” party and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026.

Bennett losing ground as Eisenkot, Netanyahu neck-and-neck for upcoming elections - poll

According to the poll, if elections were held today, Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot would each lead with 23 seats, an increase of two seats for each compared with the previous poll.

|ByMAARIV

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

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.