Blue and White

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.

MK Benny Gantz leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, earlier this year.
Eitan Ginzburg: Former Mayor of Raanana & Israel’s first openly gay mayor.

MK Eitan Ginzburg quits Blue and White in another blow to Gantz's party

MK Hili Tropper attends Blue and White faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 19, 2026.

Ex-minister Chili Tropper quits Blue and White, Gantz decries 'painful day'

Benny Gantz on June 9, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Gantz warns Bennett-Lapid alliance could harm chances of replacing government


Blue and White denies it will back Netanyahu after Michaeli attack

Labor Party leader warns of signs that Benny Gantz is again "about to crown Bibi."

LABOR PARTY leader Merav Michaeli speaks at a party conference in Hod Hasharon on Sunday.

NGO to ask High Court to force PM to allow appointing justice minister

"Leaving the state with no justice minister is the continuation of Netanyahu's efforts to dismantle the state and its institutions."

High Court of Justice May 3, 2020

Right-wing vetoes on Arabs set to give Netanyahu first mandate

Tibi denies decision to back Lapid

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to his supporters after the exit polls were announced for the election of the 24th Knesset, March 24, 2021.

Israel has a disease: Fragmentation. Fix it by going out to vote - opinion

However, even those who welcome the ideological diversity that is expressed when lists are split must acknowledge that the price of fragmentation is too high.

Campaign posters in Tel Aviv, leading up to the Knesset election.

Israel Elections: Gantz hints he could support Lapid to form next gov't

Speaking at a Tel Aviv International Salon event co-sponsored by The Jerusalem Post, Gantz promised not to take into account his past fights with Lapid, whom he recently said “hates people.”

Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz attends a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in Jerusalem on March 7, 2021.

Israel Elections: Chili Tropper - The nice guy determined to last

Blue and White minister says he still believes there is a place in the Knesset for the party as a “statesmanlike, moderate, responsible, honest, unhating party that puts the country first.”

Tropper: Seeking a unifying hand

A-G refuses to clarify Gantz, Blue and White status threshold missed

These powers for Gantz and his party were passed into law by Blue and White, the Likud and the coalition as a full-fledged basic law, with quasi-constitutional status.

Benny Gantz

Israel Elections: Netanyahu needs Yamina, Gantz falls below threshold

Yamina, with 12 seats, would be the eventual kingmaker. The party has not yet committed to sitting under a Netanyahu-led government again.

Gideon Sa'ar, Naftali Bennett, or Benjamin Netanyahu: Who is Israel's next prime minister?

Gantz proposes legislation for civil unions

COVID-19 crisis has closed down air travel, meaning thousands of Israeli couples have been unable to marry in civil marriages. Labor leader criticizes Gantz for not backing civil marriage proposals.

Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz walks in the Israeli Parliament during a vote on a bill to dissolve the Parliament at the Knesset, December 02, 2020.

Israel Elections: 62% of Left want Arabs in government - poll

Blue and White would not cross the 3.25% electoral threshold.

Memebers of the Joint List party arrive to the Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to begin talks with political parties over who should form a new government, at his residence in Jerusalem, September 22, 2019