Blue and White

Blue and White agrees to lockdown extension

Blue and White ministers to vote in favor of 7-10 day extension of total lockdown, effectively ensuring extension's passage.

Ex-Justice Minister: Blue and White won't survive the election

Former Blue and White minister Avi Nissenkorn warns that his former party won't make it into next Knesset.

Gantz says Netanyahu is holding Israel hostage

Benny Gantz says that as he will do what he must to see Netanyahu prosecuted.

'Blue and White will grow, I will not run with Bennett'

Blue and White chairman plans to run alone despite polls predicting a dismal showing.

Blue and White on the verge of joining Yamina?

Party officials pressing Benny Gantz to unite with Yamina - on condition that Bezalel Smotrich and the National Union aren't on the list.

Another Blue & White minister jumps ship

Merav Cohen will be joining Yesh Atid.

Moshe (Kinley) Tur-Paz sworn in as new MK for Yesh Atid

Tur-Paz replaces Einav Kabla (Blue & White) who recently resigned her seat.

Gantz: Nissenkorn stabbed me in the back

Blue and White chairman disappointed with the members of his party who left, but particularly with former Justice Minister.

Blue and White loses another minister

Science and Technology Minister Izhar Shay joins Ministers Gabi Ashkenazi and Avi Nissenkron in leaving Blue and White party.

Ashkenazi resigns from Blue and White in another blow to Gantz

Foreign Minister and Blue and White No. 2 taking break from politics, is proud of his efforts to prevent implementation of sovereignty.

Gantz: We saved Israel from Netanyahu

Blue and White chairman says Netanyahu chose 'path of deception,' has to go.

Justice Minister leaves Blue and White party

Avi Nissenkorn announces departure from Blue and White party. Benny Gantz to make public statement tonight on party's 2021 election campaign

MK Miki Haimovich leaving Blue and White

Gantz meets Haimovich and informs her that she will not be part of the Blue and White slate in upcoming election.

Gantz: Netanyahu continues to exploit virus for personal gain

Blue & White officials claim PM is using latest lockdown for "selfish personal ends."

MK Assaf Zamir to leave Blue & White party

Asked whether Benny Gantz should be replaced as party leader, Zamir evades question.

Ashkenazi leaving Blue and White?

FM reportedly close to leaving party, unless Gantz offers him party leadership and stays on as deputy.

Gantz reportedly mulling his next steps

Blue and White chairman considering what course of action to take as party continues to decline in polls.

Blue & White on the verge of breaking up, say senior officials

Will Blue and White party run in upcoming election? Senior party officials say Blue and White is teetering on the brink of collapse.

'Very sad to go to elections for the fourth time'

MK Tehila Friedman of Blue and White says she doesn't know if the party will stay united for the upcoming election.

MK Miki Zohar: We did our best to prevent this election

Coalition Chairman on upcoming elections: It's Blue and White's fault.

Political drama:

Knesset to dissolve within 24 hours

Knesset fails to pass first reading of bill that would have postponed deadline for approval of the budget.

Gantz's demands of the Likud

Blue and White leader announces he will not agree to any change in Minister Nissenkorn's status, loopholes in rotation agreement.

Blue and White MK Hila Shai-Vazan diagnosed with COVID

'Unfortunately, I have tested positive for the coronavirus,' says MK. 'I'm experiencing light symptoms and hope to recover quickly.'

Last ditch effort to prevent elections

Likud and Blue and White agree to postpone deadline for approving budget by two weeks.

Blue and White denies internal conflict

Party denies reports of sharp conflict between Defense Minister Gantz, Justice Minister Nissenkorn over Likud proposal to avoid elections.

Gantz to Likud: The time for lies is over

Gantz warns: If Netanyahu doesn't get it together, we will go to elections and ensure he's no longer PM.

Gantz to members of his faction: We are going to elections

Contacts between Likud and Blue and White on compromise to prevent elections continue, but there's no solution in sight.

Min. Yankelevich votes to regulate 'Young Settlements'

Diaspora Affairs Minister asks Blue and White leader Gantz that MKs be allowed to vote how they choose on law to normalize outposts.

73% of center, Blue & White voters support regulating settlement

Ahead of Knesset vote, majority of centrists believe it immoral for State to encourage settlement without providing infrastructure.

Blue and White MK: 'May G-d avenge unity government's blood'

Blue and White MK Tehila Friedman knows the last thing Israelis need is election campaign, but in her opinion there's no other possibility.

Senior Blue and White official: Consider replacing Gantz

Movement growing within Blue and White to remove Gantz as chairman, replace him ahead of possible fourth election.

Gantz: I've stopped believing Netanyahu

Blue and White chairman stresses in TV interview he will not compromise on the approval of the budget.

Gantz: Netanyahu, you've lost it

Blue and White party responds to PM's accusations during his speech. Yamina: The Likud is preoccupied with politics and spreading hatred.

'Blue and White understand they made a mistake'

Yesh Atid-Telem MK Mickey Levy: Gantz destroyed hope, if he had not shown weakness things could have been different.

Blue and White’s number is up

His vow to vote in favor of dispersing the Knesset is more Gantz giving in to his party than a show of force. And his party is kaput. Op-ed.

Dissolution of Knesset to be approved in preliminary vote today

With Blue and White's declaration of support, bill to dissolve the Knesset expected to be approved Wednesday.

'Blue and White will never be an alternative to Likud again'

Channel 12 News commentator Amit Segal blames Netanyahu for likely new elections, says voters will not forgive Gantz for being a 'sucker.'

Blue and White sources:

Gantz to announce support for dissolving Knesset tonight

Blue and White officials say party chairman to support opposition bill to dissolve government over failure to pass a budget.

Netanyahu calls on Benny Gantz to avert government's collapse

'Blue and White violated our deal from day one,' says PM, urging Gantz to prevent dissolution of the Knesset and snap elections.

Blue & White MK: We'll support Gantz in whatever he decides

Gantz to decide today or tomorrow whether to support bill to dissolve Knesset.

'An alternative government can be formed'

MK Evgeny Sova tells Arutz Sheva: Blue and White need to come to their senses and vote in favor of dissolving the Knesset.

United Torah Judaism attacks Blue and White

United Torah Judaism criticizes Gantz: He's not keeping his promise to regulate status of yeshiva students.

Report: Gantz to support dissolving government

Associates of Blue and White leader say he will support bill to dissolve Knesset this Wednesday after losing patience with Netanyahu.

Gantz instructs advancing string of 'equality' legislation

Alt PM instructs Blue and White to advance Basic Law: Equality, Surrogacy Law, and Basic Law: Proclamation of Independence.

Netanyahu: We're on the way to elections

PM says elections can be prevented if Blue and White changes its approach.

'Yamina will gain strength but will not win 20 seats'

Scientific director of Miskar polling institute to Arutz Sheva: Yamina is gaining strength but time is working against it.

'Gantz brought an end to the unity government'

Deputy Health Minister Yoav Kisch tells Arutz Sheva: There is no escaping elections.

What did the Likud offer to Blue and White?

Report: Netanyahu's party passed an offer to Gantz's party, implying that government could continue to function under certain conditions.

MK Miki Zohar: 'We're headed for elections'

"Likud will win the elections, because the whole country sees what a good job the PM is doing."

Yamina MK: There's a crisis, yet there's no budget

MK Ofir Sofer speaks about budget crisis, calls on Blue and White to support establishment of a commission of inquiry.

The proposal that could embarrass Blue and White

MK Bezalel Smotrich plans to bring to a vote a proposal to establish committee of inquiry into the government's conduct on the 2021 budget.

Senior Likud Official: 'We're heading to new elections in March'

As Netanyahu, Gantz trade blame for ongoing budget battle, senior Likud official tells Arutz Sheva that new elections are an inevitability.

'The right thing to do would be to approve a budget'

Blue and White MK Hila Shay Vazan says the focus should be on approving a budget.

'Even in the worst poll, the Likud is the largest party'

Minister Ze'ev Elkin blasts Benny Gantz. "His speech is either a spin or he has decided to go to elections."

Blue and White MK mocks Netanyahu

MK Ram Shefa criticizes Netanyahu's conduct over budget. MK Miki Zohar replies: This is why I'm saying the coalition should be disbanded.

Budget confrontation resumes

Likud, Blue and White trade barbs over Blue and White party' demand to pass 2021 state budget quickly.

Blue and White ministers:

'Open businesses that don't receive public after Sukkot'

If morbidity decline continues, Benny Gantz's party will demand to open businesses that don't receive public and early childhood education.

Yair Lapid to Blue & White: Vote no-confidence & bring govt down

"We can change the government without elections; we have enough votes to do so," claims opposition leader.

Cracks in the Coalition:

Blue & White MK: We're thinking about dissolving the government

Coalition MK who joined anti-government protests in Tel Aviv says some Blue and White lawmakers are plotting to unseat Netanyahu.

'I don't think the government will fulfill its term'

Public Security Minister Amir Ohana: If Blue and White don't stop with the petty politics, we will go to elections.