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After two MKs quit, Gantz’s National Unity party to revert to Blue and White name
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Following the resignations of MKs Gadi Eisenkot and Matan Kahana, the National Unity party will revert to the original name of Benny Gantz’s Blue and White faction, a spokesman announces.
The rebranded party will begin a new advertising campaign focused on “the need for agreements and unity between all parts of Israeli society” and will feature the tagline “Israel is moving toward agreements.”
“We are continuing the journey we have been on from day one — to connect and unite the entirety of Israeli society. Especially now, after the tragedy of the October 7 attacks, after [wars against] Hezbollah and Iran — it is time to move toward agreements and heal the wounds. No more camps, we are all blue and white,” says Gantz.
Eisenkot and Kahana are set to be replaced in the Knesset by Eitan Ginsburg and Yael Ron Ben-Moshe.
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