The Likud party has overtaken Benny Gantz’s National Unity party for the first time since October 7, according to a survey published by Maariv on Thursday. Against the backdrop of an impending counterattack from Iran and Hezbollah, for the first time since the beginning of the war, the Likud party returns to being the … Read more
Knesset member and former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot from the National Unity Party, who left the war cabinet along with his party members in June, spoke on Friday evening with Ofira Asayag and Chaim Levinson on Channel 12 News. During the conversation, Eisenkot provided new explanations for his party’s departure from the … Read more
The coalition’s bloc is down to 48 mandates should there be elections now, according to a poll conducted for Maariv by Lazar Research. This is against the backdrop of the northern border tensions, the continued IDF operation in Rafah, and tensions in the government on the haredi draft and rabbi bills. On the other … Read more
The deadline set by Minister-without-portfolio Benny Gantz for his party National Unity to leave the government if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not make the changes Gantz laid out in May will be reached on Saturday. Gantz said on May 18 that his party would leave if Netanyahu did not adopt six objectives: Returning … Read more
After an aggressive speech delivered by MK Gadi Eizenkot, in which sharp criticism was directed at the government and its leader, it seems that the resignation of the National Unity from the government is a matter of time. National Unity MK Matan Kahana spoke this Thursday morning with Nissim Mishal and Tal Shalev on … Read more
National Unity MK Pnina Tamano-Shata submitted a bill to dissolve the 25th Knesset, according to party officials on Thursday. This was done as part of Benny Gantz’s plan to have elections with broad consensus by October. 1 \ I will start from the bottom line: Israel isn’t going for an early election (for now). The … Read more
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and minister-without-portfolio Benny Gantz expressed outrage at the government’s handling of efforts to approve a law regulating the conscription of Haredim on Monday, according to Israeli media. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been trying to promote a version of a conscription law promoted by Gantz in the previous government in … Read more
Minister-without-portfolio MK Benny Gantz on Saturday night set June 8 as a deadline for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to launch a comprehensive plan for the ‘day after’ Hamas in Gaza, a plan that includes freeing the Israeli hostages, installing a civil governing body comprised of both international and Palestinian actors, and enabling evacuees from … 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
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
