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Labor chairman Avi Gabbay at the plenary Hall during the swearing-in ceremony of Knesset members on April 30, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 19, 2019, 1:03 am
Gabbay won’t run to keep Labor leadership, will stay in Knesset
Associates say he blames dire election performance on Lapid-Gantz merger and especially Blue and White’s last minute messaging that biggest party would form next coalition
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Blue and White MK Gadi Yevarkan. (YouTube screenshot)
May 18, 2019, 6:17 am
Likud tries to tempt Blue and White MK to jump ship, join coalition — report
With coalition talks faltering, officials reportedly offer Gadi Yevarkan immigration and absorption portfolio to try to convince freshman lawmaker to join their party; he refuses
By TOI staff
Yair Lapid, right, and Gideon Saar in the Knesset on July 23, 2013. Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 17, 2019, 5:31 am
Opposition rallies around Likud’s Sa’ar for criticizing PM’s immunity bid
Blue and White politicians praise MK and Netanyahu rival for ‘political courage,’ predict others may follow suit, after former minister says measure ‘offers zero benefit’
By TOI staff
Blue and White co-chairman Yair Lapid delivers a statement to the media at the Knesset, May 13, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 16, 2019, 5:54 pm
Lapid tries to woo Liberman to the opposition, as coalition talks falter
Blue and White deputy leader says he’d help Yisrael Beytenu pass increase to pension assistance for elderly Russians
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Gabi Ashkenazi, one of the leaders of the Blue and White political alliance, speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on March 18, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 14, 2019, 7:55 pm
Ashkenazi: History will judge those who give immunity to criminal suspects
In first Knesset speech, Blue and White MK vows party will be a ‘defense shield’ for democracy and work to block PM’s ‘anti-democratic laws’
By TOI staff
Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz speaks at the Knesset on May 13, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 13, 2019, 9:52 pm
In first Knesset speech, Gantz warns of ‘threat to democratic system’
Blue and White leader and potential opposition head says his party will stand in the face of efforts to erode state institutions and the rule of law
By TOI staff
Blue and White's Yair Lapid on March 31, 2019 (Saria Diamant/Blue and White).
May 10, 2019, 6:04 pm
Lapid criticism of ultra-Orthodox parties draws ire in Blue and White
‘We need the Haredim with us,’ says senior source in the centrist party after Yesh Atid leader slams Haredi draft law, stipends
By Shalom Yerushalmi
An Arab Israeli woman casts her vote during Israel's parliamentary elections on April 9, 2019, in Daliyat al-Carmel in northern Israel. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
May 1, 2019, 11:41 pm
New research claims fewer than half of Arab Israelis voted on April 9
Israel Democracy Institute’s Arik Rudnitzky says nation-state law led many Arabs to stay away, also cites collapse of Joint List; others have pointed to Likud cameras as deterrent
By Adam Rasgon
Blue and White MK Omer Yankelevich poses for a photo with her family ahead of the swearing-in of the 21st Knesset on April 30, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 1, 2019, 8:32 pm
Blue and White accuses Likud of trying to lure away its MKs
Moshe Ya’alon calls report that Netanyahu confidant working to convince ultra-Orthodox lawmaker to defect for coalition a ‘moral low’
By Alexander Fulbright
Blue and White MK Gadi Yevarkan kisses his mother's feet in thanks upon swearing into the Knesset, April 30, 2019. (Facebook screenshot)
April 30, 2019, 10:45 pm
Entering Knesset, Ethiopian MK kisses mother’s feet in show of gratitude
Gadi Yevarkan of the Blue and White party says gesture is a sign of appreciation and that ‘words can’t describe her nobility’
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to lawmakers at the Knesset swearing-in ceremony on April 30, 2019 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
April 30, 2019, 7:58 pm
Addressing new Knesset, Netanyahu expresses hope for peace with Arab world
PM pledges to work for all citizens after divisive campaign, lauds Israel’s position on world stage; Blue and White leaders lambaste right-wing MKs at first party meeting
By TOI staff and Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Benny Gantz, right. (Hadas Parush/Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 23, 2019, 11:03 pm
Poll: Two-thirds of Israeli Jews support unity government without Haredi parties
Survey conducted by pluralism advocacy NGO indicates majority of Jewish public wants government that will change status quo on issues of religion and state
By TOI staff
New Right candidate Caroline Glick (L) with party leader Naftali Bennett, January 2, 2019. (New Right)
April 18, 2019, 9:58 pm
New Right official: We’d be in Knesset if US-born candidate Glick was in top 4
Head of the failed right-wing party’s outreach to English speakers says Caroline Glick’s candidacy drew wide support from oft-ignored population, but could have gotten more
By Raoul Wootliff and Sarah Sachs
Members of the Hadash-Ta'al party meet with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on April 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 15, 2019, 7:36 pm
Hadash-Ta’al abstains from recommending a prime minister
In meeting with President Rivlin, party leaders accuse Netanyahu of ‘unbridled incitement’ during campaign, slam Likud over cameras at polls in Arab towns
By Adam Rasgon
Members of the Likud party meet with President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 15, 2019, as Rivlin began consulting political leaders to decide who to task with trying to form a new government (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 15, 2019, 12:34 pm
Opening PM consultation talks, Rivlin tells Likud ‘the people expect unity’
Blue and White representatives rule out unity government during first-ever live broadcast of consultations over who should be tasked with forming the next coalition
By Raoul Wootliff
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