Minister-without-portfolio MK Benny Gantz is the government’s “weak link,” and the US administration’s decision to host Gantz for meetings is an attempt to ‘drive a wedge’ within the government and the people of Israel, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a press conference on Monday after his party, the Religious Zionist Party (RZP), held … Read more
Former prime minister Ehud Barak wrote to the Foreign Affairs magazine on Sunday, calling for early elections in Israel to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Barak began his argument by stating that the past four months of war have highlighted two different portrayals of Israel: “On the one hand, the war has showcased the … Read more
Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman called in an interview on Sunday morning on Army Radio for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down and for the country to head to an election. Liberman in recent months opposed an election due to what he argued would be its negative effect on the Israeli war … Read more
National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz leads in the latest political poll with a significant lead along with his party, the weekly political survey conducted for Maariv showed. Gantz’s lead increased by two mandates, showing National Unity would have 41 seats if elections were held today. The survey for Maariv was conducted by Lazar … Read more
According to several surveys in the Israeli media in the past few weeks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is slowly gaining more support – which he has lost since the October 7 massacre. Simultaneously, Benny Gantz’s National Union, which had surged in polls at the beginning of the war, is losing movement. According to poll … Read more
Benny Gantz’s National Unity party maintained its strong lead in new polls published on Sunday as the majority of the Israeli public expressed support for calling early elections. According to polls by both Channel 13 and N12, Gantz’s party would earn 37 seats, while Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud would only earn 18 seats. According to … Read more
Amid stale deliberations on the Gaza and northern fronts regarding a potential ceasefire, unresolved issues regarding captives, and the controversial provision of humanitarian aid that largely reaches the hands of Hamas, the National Unity Party faces another setback, losing an additional two mandates in this week’s Maariv poll. In contrast, Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit … Read more
When historians look back someday on the 2024 Hamas war, January 22 – the 108th day of the war – will merit a brief mention. Why? Nothing overly dramatic happened on the battlefront, neither in Gaza – although there was intensive action in Khan Yunis – nor in Lebanon. Rather, this day will be … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded an immediate inquiry on Tuesday into the IDF drill simulating the kidnapping of Palestinians by Jewish settlers in the West Bank. The prime minister’s demand came after the drill simulating the abduction scenario provoked opposition among several fighters who asked not to participate in the exercise. “Prime Minister Netanyahu … Read more
War cabinet minister and National Unity chairman Benny Gantz announced on Sunday evening, four months after southern Israel was ravaged by thousands of infiltrating Hamas terrorists on October 7 that he was moving to the Gaza border town of Yad Mordechai. Israel lost valuable time in dismantling Hamas’s rule over Gaza through “feet dragging,” … Read more
