Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is continuing to regain some of the political ground it lost on October 7, according to a new Maariv poll, but National Unity party head Benny Gantz remains the frontrunner to form a new government if elections were held today. The poll, conducted April 10-11, saw Likud gain two … Read more
Former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon harshly criticized Ministers Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot on Sunday for remaining in the war cabinet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Half a year into a crisis with no end, when the only accomplishment of this government of messianists, draft-dodgers, and crooks, is its own survival (thanks to you) … Read more
Israel’s political system should agree to hold a national election in September as it approaches a year since the war against Hamas broke out on October 7, National Unity chairman MK Benny Gantz said in a press conference on Wednesday evening. The statement marks the first time Gantz mentioned a specific month as a … Read more
United Right chairman MK Gideon Sa’ar was visibly exhausted when he walked into his office on Wednesday for an interview with The Jerusalem Post. The exhaustion was understandable given the political roller-coaster that the former minister experienced during the past two weeks. Sa’ar entered the eye of the political storm on March 12, when … Read more
MK Benny Gantz’s political future remained stable while Netanyahu’s leadership remained in doubt: An election poll conducted by Maariv and political pollster Dr. Menachem Lazar uncovered what the political landscape would look like had elections been held today. The National Unity Party, led by MK Benny Gantz, continued to weaken despite its boost following … Read more
Knesset member Hanoch Milwidsky (Likud) was interviewed on Monday on 103FM and said that the haredi draft law as currently written won’t be able to pass a vote in the Knesset. “I do not believe that the government’s current [version of the law] as published is the law that will ultimately pass. I didn’t … Read more
MK Meir Cohen from Yesh Atid, former welfare and social services minister, was interviewed recently by Anat Davidov and Udi Segal on 103FM radio about the war in Gaza, about the departure of New Hope chairman Gideon Sa’ar from the coalition with Benny Gantz Gantz, and on whether Yesh Atid would join the current … Read more
So, what are his plans now to pull off yet another Houdini-like escape? One of Netanyahu’s biggest fears is that protests against him will soon take off once more, and that this time, they may even dwarf last year’s demonstrations against his judicial reform plans. And the demobilization of Israeli reservists, who blame Bibi … Read more
A dispute broke out within the government on Monday between the pre-October 7 coalition and Ministers-without-Portfolio Benny Gantz and Gideon Sa’ar after the coalition announced that it would move forward with a bill proposal that Gantz and Sa’ar vetoed. The two ministers announced on Monday morning that they were using their veto power on … Read more
Despite the IDF’s success on the ground, its pace and the pressure of its operations have decreased in recent months, which lengthens the conflict in the north and negatively affects Israel’s international standing, New Hope—The United Right chairman and Minister-without-portfolio MK Gideon Sa’ar argued on Monday during a press conference ahead of his party’s … Read more
