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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 618

Blue and White party

MK Gideon Sa'ar attends a faction meeting of the National Unity Party at the Knesset, July 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 13, 2024, 11:01 pm
‘A statesmanlike right’: Why Gideon Sa’ar has decamped Gantz’s National Unity party
Disagreements over the conduct of the war and desire to position himself as a liberal-right alternative to PM once the war is over drove New Hope party leader’s decision to exit
By Sam Sokol
File: Blue and White leader Defense Minister Benny Gantz (right) and New Hope leader Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar announce a merger of their parties, July 10, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 12, 2024, 10:46 pm
Sa’ar splits from Gantz’s National Unity party, demands seat in war cabinet
‘Our voice, the voice of the statesmanlike right, is more essential today than ever,’ says New Hope leader; ‘Thank you and good luck,’ responds Blue and White chief
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, leads a cabinet meeting at the Kirya IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 7, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 7, 2024, 1:54 pm
As cracks widen in coalition, National Unity members skip cabinet meeting
Ministers’ absence from meeting linked to recent ‘clashes in the cabinet,’ says Chili Tropper, whose party leader, Benny Gantz, slammed Netanyahu for attacks on military
By Sam Sokol
Screen capture from video of Dana Cassidy, left, and Yair Netanyahu, right, in the Kfar Saba Magistrate's Court, February 1, 2023. (Walla. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 30, 2023, 5:22 pm
Yair Netanyahu ordered to pay $34,000 for post suggesting woman was Gantz’s paramour
Kfar Saba court orders PM’s son to compensate Blue and White activist Dana Cassidy for ‘shocking and extreme’ statements, which led to harassment by Netanyahu supporters
By ToI Staff
MK Alon Tal attends an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting in the Israeli parliament ahead of the opening of the new school year, August 16, 2022. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
September 6, 2022, 11:04 am
Green groups press Gantz to give MK Alon Tal realistic spot on electoral slate
Veteran environmental campaigner, who slipped into current Knesset under Norwegian law, is in unrealistic 24th spot on list to be released Tuesday
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Then-incoming IDF chief of staff Gadi Eizenkot (L) and then-outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (L) seen at a changing of the ranks ceremony held at the PM's office in Jerusalem, on February 16, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
August 14, 2022, 1:55 pm
Daily Briefing August 14: Gantz adds another general to Blue and White. Big whoop?
Editor David Horovitz ponders Israel’s political log jam; diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman brings us tales from Ukraine’s frontlines, plus Rushdie and the nuke deal, and pasta
By ToI Staff
Deputy Minister of Religious Services Matan Kahana speaks with Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset on May 16, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
August 14, 2022, 1:45 pm
Shaked swipes at Kahana as he leaves Yamina for ‘statesmanlike left-wing camp’
Zionist Spirit leader says ‘things have become clearer’ as ex-colleague chooses Gantz-led alliance over their former joint home Yamina, in latest blow to party
By Ash Obel
Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eizenkot attends the INSS conference in Tel Aviv on April 12, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)
August 13, 2022, 2:06 pm
Ex-IDF chief said to make demands of parties as he mulls Knesset run
TV report says Gadi Eisenkot wants to join a ‘ruling party’ that holds internal primaries, amid talks on joining Yesh Atid or Blue and White
By ToI Staff
Then-defense minister Ehud Barak (center), then-IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz (right), and Gantz's later successor in the role, Gadi Eisenkot, pictured near the northern border on February 15, 2011. (Defense Ministry/ Flash90/ File)
July 25, 2022, 11:28 pm
Gantz urges Eisenkot, his successor as IDF chief, to join his party: ‘We’re waiting’
In interview blitz, defense minister unequivocally refuses to serve in government with Netanyahu, says goal is to present viable alternative
By ToI Staff
Likud campaign ad that says 'Lapid-Gantz don't have a government without the Muslim Brotherhood / In the end you're voting for Mansour Abbas,' July 24, 2022. (Screenshot from Twitter)
July 24, 2022, 10:00 pm
100 days out from election, campaign ads battle for soft-right voters
With Yamina’s potential collapse, both Likud and the Blue and White-New Hope alliance are competing for undecided right-wing Israelis who aren’t thrilled with either bloc
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Justice Minister Gideon Saar and Defense Minister Benny Gantz hold a press conference announcing a merger of their parties, July 10, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)
July 10, 2022, 10:32 pm
Blue and White, New Hope announce union, will run as joint slate in November vote
Benny Gantz, Gideon Sa’ar say they hope to establish ‘responsible, realistic, secure and liberal’ government, denounce Netanyahu but don’t expressly rule him out
By ToI Staff
Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked (L) speaks with New Hope head Gideon Sa'ar at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 2, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 2, 2022, 12:55 pm
Shaked, Sa’ar may move jobs in reshuffle; Blue and White, New Hope in talks – report
Gantz, Lapid both said courting ex-IDF chief Eizenkot for spot on slate ahead of elections; United Torah Judaism’s Gafni calls new PM; Liberman says he could be premier
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Benny Gantz holds a press conference in Tel Aviv on June 21, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 21, 2022, 8:53 pm
Gantz throws cold water on possibility of reuniting with Netanyahu
Defense minister calls for ‘broad unity government’ after elections, which Sa’ar predicts will result in renewed gridlock, with neither the ex-PM nor his rivals securing a majority
By ToI Staff
Knesset Economic Affairs Committee chairman Michael Biton leads a meeting of the committee at the Knesset on December 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 8, 2022, 5:06 pm
MK Biton: ‘I’ll do what I have to do’ to pressure coalition on transportation reform
Blue and White lawmaker, who took a break from voting with the coalition, says his concerns over new transportation prices remain unanswered, in another potential government crisis
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Blue and White MK Michael Biton leads an Economic Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on December 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 30, 2022, 5:33 pm
Renegade MK to resume voting with coalition after PM pledges to review reforms
Economic Committee head Michael Biton had vowed to boycott most votes, hobbling razor-thin coalition; Bennett promises to look at agriculture, transport reforms that raised his ire
By ToI Staff
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