Benny Gantz

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.

'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.

Haredi MK: Lapid-Gantz list will cause 'civil war'

MK Eichler says joint Lapid-Gantz list is like a 'barrage or rockets' for haredi community, will lead to bloodless civil war.

Poll: Gantz-Lapid 35, Likud 32

Latest poll released following merger of Yesh Atid, Israel Resilience shows Likud closing gap with left-wing joint list. Jewish Home at 6.

Netanyahu:

'Gantz-Lapid government means a Palestinian state'

Prime Minister slams new left-wing union, warning a government headed by Benny Gantz will establish Palestinian state, endanger Israel.

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.

Gantz: A seminal evening in Israeli history

'Blue and White' leader Benny Gantz says he will be Israel's 13th prime minister.

Shaked on Gantz-Lapid union: 'A mess of a party'

Justice Minister slams 'party of generals without women' after merger of Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid.

Lapid-Gantz-Ya'alon list: 'Blue and White'

Agreement between party leaders stipulates Gantz will take premiership first, with Lapid replacing him 2.5 years later.

Beware of Sanders/Gantz and the allures of the left

Gantz and Lapid to run together

Israel Resilience and Yesh Atid agree on joint Knesset run. Former IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi joining as well.

Levy-Abekasis to run independently: 'Gantz is run by others'

Chairwoman of Gesher announces she won't form alliance with Gantz, slamming his party's 'strange and delusional' behavior.

Gantz makes final push for left-wing union

Israel Resilience chief to meets with Yair Lapid, reportedly willing to consider rotational arrangement for premiership if left wins.

Gafni: Gantz should join the next government

MK Moshe Gafni says Netanyahu should for the next government and bring Benny Gantz into it.

Netanyahu responds to Gantz:

'Shame on you; I risked my life and was wounded'

PM following Gantz remarks: 'I was wounded in battle with terrorists, almost lost my life in Suez Canal firefight for national security.'

Israel Resilience: Full list of candidates

Israel Resilience Party reveals party's full candidate list for 21st Knesset ahead of event. At this point Orly Levy still outside.

Orly Levy's Gesher party to join Gantz-led alliance?

Former Yisrael Beytenu MK's party reportedly close to reaching agreement with Israel Resilience Party for joint ticket.

Benny or Bibi - find the differences

Israeli TV program compared Gantz's speech in Munich to Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations. Watch.

Lapid: Merger with Gantz still possible

Yesh Atid leader says joint run with Benny Gantz depends on Gantz's answers to policy questions.

Katz: Gantz now opposes things he once supported

Newly appointed Acting Foreign Minister criticizes former Chief of Staff, who once supported Iran deal and now opposes it.

Poll: Likud 30, Gantz 18 - Otzma close to threshold

Right-wing, religious bloc maintains narrow lead in latest poll, with Likud enjoying double-digit lead over Gantz.

Gantz in Munich:

'Hezbollah - the most dangerous terror group in the world'

Israel Resilience chairman speaks at Munich conference, blasting Iranian FM, who accused Israel of bringing on war.

'I'm willing to give half a million Arabs citizenship'

Justice Minister Shaked says she's willing to give Area C Arabs Israeli citizenship in exchange for applying Israeli law to the area.

Who is suitable to lead Israel?

Was Gantz courting Kahlon?

According to reports, Israel Resilience party tried to unite with Kulanu, which refused.

Gantz tells Netanyahu to stop 'crossing red lines'

Israel Resilience leader tells PM not to use Israeli defensive actions as an election ploy.

Facebook removes Hosen LeYisrael's post

Benny Gantz's party called on the public to harass Likud candidates and published their phone numbers. Post removed due to rule violations.

Moshe Ya'alon:

'No chance for peace, most people moving rightward'

Former DM who joined Gantz party hopes another party will join them: 'I blocked Kerry plan to evacuate settlements in Jordan Valley.'

Litzman: I will not be a part of a Gantz-Lapid government

Deputy Health Minister makes clear he will not sit in a coalition with the former chief of staff and Yesh Atid chairman.

Gilad Erdan:

'No difference between Gantz and Lapid - they're both leftists'

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan warns that divisions among right-wing parties could enable formation of left-wing government.

Will some Israeli please explain Benny Gantz to Americans?

Rabbi Peretz about Gantz: We're close friends

Jewish Home chairman prefers Netanyahu as prime minister but does not rule out the leftist candidate.

Bickering between Yesh Atid and Hosen L'Yisrael

Amid merger talks, Yesh Atid MK Meir Cohen says Moshe 'Bogie' Ya'alon was shopping for a political party.

Gantz: Netanyahu spreading lies on social media

Hosen LeYisrael party livid after Netanyahu posts quote attributed to Gantz and his willingness to sit in a government with the Arabs.

Poll: Likud-32 seats, Gantz-24

Likud would have 8-seat lead over Benny Gantz's Israeli resilience party if elections were held today, new poll finds.

Gantz adds two former senior Netanyahu aides to his Knesset list

New Israeli Resistance additions are newspaper columnist Yoaz Hendel and longtime Likud activist and pundit Zvi Hauser.

Dagan: Right must unite to prevent Oslo 2

Samaria Regional Council head says if right0-wing parties in danger of not reaching the Knesset do not unite the left could seize power.

PA to Netanyahu: Stop lying

PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ bureau blasts Netanyahu for saying Abbas wished Benny Gantz success in the upcoming elections.

'Gantz's advisers must be pulling their hair out'

Avi Farhan, who was evicted from Yamit and Gush Katif, responds to Gantz: What kind of security did the Disengagement bring us?

Justice Minister:

'I'm concerned about Trump's peace plan'

"I do not think the alliance between Gantz and Ya'alon will last," Shaked says. "It is an anti-Netanyahu alliance only."

Gantz to Netanyahu:

'You expelled Jews, paid protection money to Hamas'

Israel Resilience chairman attacks prime minister, who said Abbas "wished Gantz success in the elections." "Your time has passed."

'Abbas wished Benny Gantz success in the elections'

PM Netanyahu responds to Likud primary results, takes aim at rival Gantz. "I am pleased. The trouble is that Abbas is also pleased."

PA 'encouraged' by Gantz's remarks on Gaza pullout

Bennett: Not so fast. “Israelis will not again support someone who proposes evacuating Jews from their homes, even if he does so humanely.”

Discussion: Benny Gantz praises Gaza withdrawal model

Benny Gantz gives first concrete policy position. In new interview Gantz voices support for Israeli disengagement from Gaza 14 years ago.

Bennett: 'Benny Gantz wants to expel more Jews from their homes'

'Benny Gantz must not be allowed to become defense minister in next Netanyahu government,' warns Bennett.

Benny Gantz:

'We need to take lessons of Gaza pullout, apply them elsewhere'

Israel Resilience Party chairman defends execution of 2005 Gaza pullout, hints at future evacuations.

'Gantz will carry out a mega disengagement'

Tourism Minister Yariv Levin attacks Gantz: He is full of arrogance, thinking it is possible to lead a country without prior experience.

'Gantz can bring in another 20 chiefs of staff'

Likud MK David Bitan unfazed by former IDF Chief of Staff, says he splits the left and not the right.

Poll: Gantz or Lapid to lead left?

TV poll asks the public who they prefer to see at the head of the leftist bloc.

Gantz-Lapid merger would tie Likud in the polls

New survey finds that a union between Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid would tie the Likud with 32 seats each. Labor's implosion continues.

Report: Wealthy US donors ready to rescue Netanyahu

Wealthy right-wing donors, rabbis, reportedly teaming up to launch campaign to save Netanyahu and defeat Benny Gantz.

Expert: Gantz's speech an attempt to emulate Trump

Dr. Baruch Leshem analyzes Benny Gantz's first speech: He does not have it.

Netanyahu: Arab MK promised to help Gantz form government

Report says Netanyahu told associates that Benny Gantz planning to block him from forming next government via assistance from Arab parties.

Will Lapid and Gantz run together?

Yesh Atid lawmaker doesn't rule out the possibility that Gantz and Lapid will run together with the former Chief of Staff at the helm.

Gantz looks to recruit Ovadiah Yosef's daughter to his party

As he rises in the polls, former IDF Chief of Staff attempts to get Adina Bar-Shalom to run with his Hosen Yisrael party.

Poll: Likud - 29, Benny Gantz - 19

New poll after Gantz's first political speech gives right-wing bloc a mere 61-seat majority.

Bennett: 'Throughout his career Gantz has always cut and run'

New Right party Chairman Naftali Bennett slams Israel Resilience party head hours after speech, attacks Ya'alon-Gantz union.

Left and right blast Gantz following speech

Neither left nor right impressed by Hosen Le'Yisrael chairman's first public speech.

Chairman Smotrich:

'The people are sick of empty words and slogans'

National Union Chair ahead of Gantz speech: 'Benny Gantz is a valued man who until now has been silent and today will speak and say nothing'