Blue and White

17 Days to Elections:

Poll: Right leads Left 65 to 55

New survey shows Right-Religious bloc taking 10-seat lead over Left-Arab bloc, even as Blue and White maintains lead over the Likud.

Poll: Right-wing bloc 62, Left-wing bloc 58

Blue and White drops 3 seats - but left-wing bloc nears parity with Right. Zehut rises to 6 seats, while Shas barely clears threshold.

Liberman: Gantz treats war like a dance

Former DM Avigdor Liberman says Blue and White leader's performance in Operation Protective Edge shows he cannot be prime minister.

Ya'alon to Arutz Sheva: I'm a fig leaf?

Former Defense Minister: We have moved the Israeli-Palestinian issue aside. I'm not a fig leaf.

Gantz: Phone hack will not affect my functioning

Blue and White leader says Iran cannot blackmail him or harm Israel's security with information from his cell phone.

Netanyahu Warns:

'Gantz and Lapid will expel thousands of Jews from their homes'

Netanyahu blasts Blue and White party during visit to ancient Shilo, pushes back on allegations he received millions in kickbacks.

'Forget the secret recordings - I won't sit with Netanyahu'

Caught on tape saying he might sit in Netanyahu gov't, Benny Gantz claims he spoke before indictments - but reporter disputes this claim.

'We'll set up a committee to investigate submarine affair'

Blue and White party leaders hold press conference, say that the submarine affair should be reopened.

Lapid on Gantz phone hacking: Not a big deal

Lapid on Iranians breaking into Gantz's mobile phone: The solution is to make sure there's nothing security-related on your phone.

Blue and White: Netanyahu leaked Iran's hacking of Gantz's phone

Blue and White party demands attorney general investigate leak that Iran had hacked party leader's cell phone.

Poll: Right in the lead

New poll shows Blue and White leading Likud by 3 seats, but the right overall would win 64 seats.

Labor accuses Blue and White of being 'right-wing'

Labor party accuses Blue and White party of having the same ideology of the Likud party, seeking to continue Netanyahu's policies.

Are the Russians going to decide this election?

Will it be Avigdor Liberman's voters who decide the elections in Israel?

Gantz: We may bring back targeted assassinations

Blue and White party leaders slam 'weak' defense policies of PM Netanyahu in tour of Gaza envelope, promise restored deterrence.

'Gantz, Hamas would love to have you as PM'

Bennett excoriates Blue and White chief Benny Gantz, mocking his record as an IDF chief of staff. 'Hamas would vote for you if they could.'

'Gantz and friends threatening judges'

Attorney Ben Gvir attacks Blue and White video warning of possibility he will be elected to Judicial Selection Committee.

Blue and White leader: Avi Nissenkorn is a problematic figure

Gabi Ashkenazi says he 'knows the truth' regarding fellow Blue and White candidate, promises union culture won't dominate the party.

Gantz: Kahane would be proud of Netanyahu

Blue and White chairman blasts PM: Smotrich will not be Education Minister. Schools will not teach that pride parades are animal parades.

Police complaint to silence Rabbi Meir Mazuz

Blue and White Party members complain to police against Rabbi Mazuz for remarks against their tendencies in election video.

PA Officials:

Abbas hopes Gantz leads next Israeli government

Senior PA officials say Abbas prefers to deal with Blue and White chief over Netanyahu, citing Gantz's lack of experience.

Ya'alon: Not a single Jew will be uprooted

Former chief of staff says he intends to avoid a binational state but will ensure that no Jew is uprooted from Judea and Samaria.

Problems at the leadership of Blue and White?

In recent days there has been an exchange of accusations within the Blue and White party as it weakens in the polls.

'The Left is behaving more responsibly than the Right'

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein slams right-wing leaders for failing to unite like the Blue and White party.

Gabi Ashkenazi speaks

Blue and White party candidate gives first interview, discusses Harpaz affair.

Netanyahu attacks 'far left' Blue and White party

PM says Gantz and Lapid are leftists who will be reliant on the Arab parties, media acts like North Korea censors.

'We will not be a fig leaf to divide the land'

Gush Etzion Regional Council head Shlomo Ne'eman rejects Blue and White platform to keep 'blocs' but withdraw elsewhere.

Poll predicts no majority for Right with Yisrael Beytenu out

According to Midgam Institute data Blue and White Party continues to lead Likud; Right bloc appears fragile.

Deri: No chance of negotiations with Gantz

Shas chairman says party will not accept Blue and White party chairman as prime minister under any circumstances.

Haredi minister: I won't sit with Lapid

Dep. Health Minister Litzman says he won't sit in coalition with MK Yair Lapid, regardless of who the PM is.

Gantz and Lapid: We won't give back the Golan

Four heads of the Blue and White party visit Golan Heights, promise to double the size of Jewish settlement in the area.

'Blue and White will force haredim to draft'

Gantz-Lapid Blue and White party platform includes passing Draft Law, forcing haredim to teach core curriculum.

Gantz:

'Netanyahu is plunging in the polls, so he invents stories'

Blue and White leader accuses PM Netanyahu of scare tactics to boost Likud's poll numbers, calls for all 'sane Zionists' to join him.

'Blue and White' platform: Shabbat buses and LGBTQ surrogacy

Benny Gantz's party releases platform pledging not to withdraw from Jerusalem, Golan, and 'settlement blocs.'

'With these gaps in the polls Gantz will be the next PM'

Dr. Eyal Levin believes president will ask the leader of largest party to form next coalition, not the leader with the most recommendations.

Blue and White 'pursues legal action' over social media smear

“Yesterday it was a blood libel over the graves of fallen soldiers. Tonight it is baseless slander about Benny and his days in the 1970s."

Deri: Lapid will divide the Kotel in two

Shas chairman attacks Blue and White Knesset list. "They established a party in the rich areas of Israel."

Netanyahu: Lapid and Gantz will kill the Israeli economy

'Lapid doesn't know anything about economics,' says Netanyahu, touting his own support for the free market.

Former Chief of Staff: We should strive to set borders

Gabi Ashkenazi discusses the Israel-Palestinian Arab conflict for the first time as a politician.

Likud: Why doesn't Nisenkorn resign?

Party files complaint with Central Elections Committee against Histadrut Chairman and party, as he did not resign as organization head.

Smotrich fears government of Netanyahu, Bennett, and Gantz

MK Smotrich hopes after elections he will be senior partner in Netanyahu government; 'Only moral party of Torah and faith can be trusted.'

Lapid: When we win, we'll form unity government with Likud

Blue and White's Yair Lapid predicts Netanyahu will leave Likud after being defeated in election, paving way for unity government.

Meretz chairwoman: We'll recommend Gantz

MK Tamar Zandberg says her party will seek the Education Ministry if it is part of a future coalition led by Benny Gantz.

Poll: Right-wing - religious bloc 62, left-wing - Arab bloc 58

Gantz-Lapid union gets 36 seats in latest poll, but rightist bloc wins majority. Yisrael Beytenu, Kulanu, Arab bloc fail to pass threshold.

'We won't join coalition with Lapid - absolutely no way'

'We're backing Bibi.' Senior haredi lawmakers rule out joining coalition led by Blue and White party of Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid.

Poll:

Gantz-Lapid leads Likud, blocs tied

New poll gives Blue and White party 35, Likud 29. Right-wing, center-left blocs tied at 48, haredim and Arabs get 12 seats each.

'I don't understand why Gantz and Lapid are hiding'

New Right chairwoman criticizes Blue and White party, says they should come out and declare that they're leftists.

Kahlon criticizes Gantz-Lapid alliance

Finance Minister on Blue and White party: I don't know where the blue is and I do not know where the white is.

Gabi Ashkenazi hints: Rivlin wants us

Former Chief of Staff at campaign launch: I hope this train stops at the residence of the President. I can guess who he wants to see there.

First Polls After Union:

Gantz-Lapid 36, Netanyahu 30

Poll taken after announcement of Blue and White joint list shows left-wing alliance defeating Likud in election.