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.

  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

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

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

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


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

Likud blocks Knesset oversight over education system

"We will not enable an appointment out of concern that Blue and White will allow the committee to be used for their political needs," Coalition Chairman Miki Zohar said.

An ultra-Orthodox woman accompanies her daughter to school, Jerusalem, October 19, 2020

Israel Elections: Cotler-Wunsh not running

'Sadly, I will not be running in the upcoming elections. I am grateful for the honor and responsibility that I have had to serve the incredible Israeli public.'

Michal Cotler-Wunsch

Israel Elections: Political draw looms - poll

The poll finds the pro-Netanyahu and anti-Netanyahu blocs evenly matched with 60 seats after the religious Zionist parties united, as many center-left parties fail to clear the electoral threshold.

A large ad for Otzma Yehudit with the caption "Only [Party leader] Itamar Ben Gvir will save Bibi." Bibi is how many Israelis refer to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel Elections: Poll finds anti-Netanyahu bloc wins 66 seats

Labor wins eight seats in survey on Channel 13

NEWLY ELECTED Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli visits a polling station in Tel Aviv last month.

Israel Elections: Parties on Left, Right, to work to unite till deadline

Decisions will be made at Thursday night's deadline

Merav Ben-Ari with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, February 1, 2021

Omer Yankelevitch will not run in the upcoming Knesset elections

Sources in Blue and White said the real reason for Yankelevitch's departure was that Gantz did not intend to place her in a realistic slot on the party's list.

Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevich is among the Knesset members behind a new bill to give Diaspora Jews a voice in Israeli affairs.

Corona lockdown extension at risk as vote on fines bill delayed

Blue and White says, "If there won't be enforcement, there won't be a lockdown."

Police officers enforcing third lockdown on inter-city roads

Likud, Blue and White fight threatens lockdown

At a press conference at the Defense Ministry, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz said there was no point in extending the lockdown if it was not being properly enforced.

Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a vote at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on August 24, 2020.

The suicide of the Center-Left?

Lapid has remained steady at 14 seats instead of rising. Huldai has gone down and not up. And Gantz has not left politics, making it harder for parties that dislike him to unite.

Before the split: (From left) Blue and White leaders Gabi Ashkenazi, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid and Moshe Ya’alon thank supporters at party headquarters in Tel Aviv after the elections on September 18, 2019