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
Gideon Sa’ar announced the dissolution of his partnership with Benny Gantz, ending Gantz’s National Unity political alliance. At the same time, Sa’ar demanded to join the war cabinet to influence policy. MK Ze’ev Elkin addressed this and responded for the first time in a conversation with Udi Segal and Anat Davidov on 103FM, “It … Read more
An estimated 34,000 Israelis took to the streets on Saturday night to protest the Netanyahu government. In Caesarea, four were arrested, in Tel Aviv police shot water cannons at demonstrators blocking the Ayalon highway, and in Jerusalem, protesters temporarily shut down the city-center intersection at Paris Square. Across the different protests, speakers denounced not … Read more
Former longtime Likud MK, education minister, and justice minister Gideon Sa’ar dropped a political bombshell on Tuesday evening. In a speech at a conference of his New Hope Party’s supporters, which was convened in order to commend the party’s success in the recent statewide municipal elections, Sa’ar made two announcements: New Hope will officially … Read more
