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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

Telem Party

Moshe Ya'alon seen during a visit to the Vered Yeriho observation point, in the Judean Desert, January 21, 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 1, 2021, 1:45 pm
Ya’alon bows out of politics: The ‘battle for change’ has more chance without me
Head of Telem says party, freefalling in polls, will drop out of March elections so opposition can maximize its strength
By ToI Staff
Amal Abo Alqom, resident of the Bedouin village of Segev Shalom and founder of the non-profit Women for Themselves. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
January 21, 2021, 10:09 pm
Bedouin women’s activist who backed polygamy joins Ya’alon’s Telem
Ex-defense chief’s party denies Amal Abo Alqom supports plural marriages, after clip surfaces in which she said she wouldn’t mind her husband taking a second wife
By ToI Staff
Moshe Ya'alon seen during a visit to the Vered Yeriho observation point, in the Judean Desert, January 21, 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 15, 2021, 9:25 am
Ya’alon, running solo, skewers former allies and potential new partners
Recent polls show defense minister under the electoral threshold after pulling his Telem faction out of Lapid’s Yesh Atid
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Moshe Ya'alon and Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Efrat on December 19, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
January 10, 2021, 9:29 pm
Ya’alon kicks off Telem campaign: ‘Benjamin Netanyahu, your time is up’
After splitting up with Yesh Atid, former Likud defense minister teams up with recently resigned science minister, ex-virus adviser to government, and anti-PM activists
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
Izhar Shay poses at the Knesset, on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
January 10, 2021, 2:08 pm
Ex-science minister, top government virus adviser join Ya’alon’s Telem party
Prominent anti-Netanyahu activist also joins ranks; doctors union chief Hagai Levine says he believes in former defense minister’s leadership
By Raoul Wootliff
MKs Yair Lapid (L) and Moshe Ya'alon attend a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 2, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 9, 2021, 11:35 pm
Ya’alon splits from Lapid’s Yesh Atid, is expected to attempt independent run
Yair Lapid tweets: ‘I value and respect Moshe Ya’alon very much and wish him luck,’ as yet another party is expected to join the already-crowded field of the March election
By ToI Staff
Blue and White leaders Yair Lapid (R) and Moshe Ya'alon at a faction meeting at the Knesset on June 24, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 4, 2021, 5:10 pm
Yesh Atid-Telem said planning to split, as Yamina courts Jewish Home
Ya’alon, Lapid reportedly fail to agree on terms for continued partnership; Bennett’s party in talks with faction whose leader, Rafi Peretz, seems poised to retire
By Raoul Wootliff
Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, left, and then-Cabinet Secretary Tzachi Braverman, at the first meeting of the 35th Government, in the Knesset on May 17, 2020. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
June 9, 2020, 12:22 am
Netanyahu soars in new poll, could form coalition without Gantz if new vote held
TV survey gives PM’s Likud party 40 seats if elections held today; Blue and White would get 12, fewer than Gantz’s former allies in Yesh Atid-Telem
By Alexander Fulbright
Knesset members Yoaz Hendel (L) and Zvi Hauser (R) seen at the Knesset, ahead of the opening session of the new parliament on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
April 24, 2020, 9:47 am
MKs say they were offered ‘everything’ to desert Blue and White before election
Derech Eretz’s Zvi Hauser and Yoaz Hendel say Netanyahu-led bloc would have given them ‘every position we could have imagined’ to join right-wing coalition
By ToI Staff
Election posters put up by Blue and White show candidates Benny Gantz (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu on February 18, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 20, 2020, 11:48 am
Coalition talks appear to crumble as Gantz pushes anti-Netanyahu bills
Blue and White sources say Gantz will make good on his threat to convene Knesset vote Monday, but former ally Ya’alon says it’s just a pressure tactic in negotiations with Likud
By ToI Staff
Benny Gantz, Blue and White leader, attends a party meeting in Tel Aviv, December 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
April 19, 2020, 9:16 pm
Gantz hedges threats, as Likud warns anti-Netanyahu bills would end unity talks
Blue and White is said to be pushing for a reshuffle of the Knesset’s judicial appointments panel, in latest move to pressure PM into signing coalition deal
By Raoul Wootliff
Benny Gantz in Ramat Gan on March 9, 2020 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 18, 2020, 9:47 pm
Gantz said to tell allies he and PM are ‘on brink of deal’ to form coalition
Blue and White chief informs associates of ‘breakthrough’ in negotiations, TV report says, claims agreement could be signed within the next day
By ToI Staff
Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz delivers a statement in Tel Aviv, March 7, 2020 after receiving the mandate to form a government. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
April 17, 2020, 6:45 pm
Gantz: No idea if unity will succeed; will go to elections with ‘head held high’
Blue and White leader reportedly calls ultra-Orthodox leaders, complains Netanyahu not interested in forging a deal on emergency government
By ToI Staff
Blue and White leaders Yair Lapid (R) and Moshe Ya'alon at a faction meeting at the Knesset on June 24, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 17, 2020, 12:57 pm
Lapid proposes 6-month political freeze as Ya’alon says Gantz isn’t fit to be PM
Yesh Atid-Telem leader says he isn’t happy with current caretaker government, but adds it’s better than 4th election or Netanyahu-Gantz unity deal
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
The Knesset Arrangements Committee meets to approve the breakaway of the Yesh Atid and Telem factions from the centrist Blue and White party, March 29, 2020. (Knesset)
March 29, 2020, 6:44 pm
Knesset panel okays breakup of Blue and White; Gantz keeps the name
Yesh Atid and Telem separate from centrist faction while rightist MKs Hendel and Hauser split off to form new faction
By Raoul Wootliff
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