Blue and White

Jews or Israelis - Who will form the next government?

Bezalel Smotrich:

'Haredim are disqualified, terror supporters are embraced'

Bezalel Smotrich attacks Blue and White following report that the Arab Joint List may recommend Benny Gantz for prime minister.

INTO THE FRAY: A strange thing happened on the way to the voting booth

Gantz's commitment to Liberman

Blue and White reportedly promised Yisrael Beytenu leader he will be part of any coalition they lead.

Blue and White's first challenge to enter the Knesset

Blue and White want to replace the Knesset speaker as soon as possible to prevent the dispersal of the Knesset.

Left-Arab axis leading

After counting 96% of vote: Two-seat advantage for Center-Left bloc, Joint Arab List rises to 13 seats.

'I want the Likud in the government'

Blue and White MK Elazar Stern tries to calm down the residents of Judea and Samaria.

Blue and White MK: Netanyahu failed twice

MK Hili Tropper calls for Likud to join a government led by his party: We don't disqualify anyone.

Gantz: Mission accomplished, we will work toward unity gov't

Blue and White chairman speaks at party headquarters in Tel Aviv: I spoke with Peretz and Horowitz, I will also talk to Liberman.

'Establish a unity government to heal Israeli society'

MK Yoaz Hendel of Blue and White finds it difficult to see Netanyahu leading the next government.

"Voters said 'no' to Netanyahu"

Final results of Tuesday's election will force establishment of broad unity government, says Blue and White MK Orit Farkash-Hacohen.

Lapid: We won't sit in Netanyahu's government

Blue and White leader vows not to be a part of Netanyahu's government but doesn't rule out including Likud in a unity government.

Blue and White against Labor

Gantz and Lapid's party makes strategic decision to try to hurt Labor-Gesher party and keep it below electoral threshold.

Netanyahu hints Blue and White behind US spying report

Prime Minister Netanyahu hints Blue and White was behind Politico report saying Israel attempted to spy on the United States.

Poll: Likud regains lead

Right holds 58 seats, left 52 seats in latest poll, Likud regains lead after previous polls showed Blue and White ahead.

Lapid: 'Bibi's become serial loser'

'The man who said, "What I want, I get", doesn't get. Didn't win elections. Didn't get majority in Knesset. Didn't form government.'

Gantz: Netanyahu is making up election forgeries

Blue and White chairman: In order to cover up his own forgery, Netanyahu invents election forgery.

Netanyahu:

'They're stealing the election'

Prime Minister blasts Blue and White leaders for opposing law allowing security cameras in voting booths to prevent fraud in Arab sector.

Poll: Right in the lead, but cannot form coalition

Likud, Blue and White parties tied at 32 seats in latest poll, right leads 56 seats to 53.

Bennett: We won't sit in Gantz-Lapid government

Ex minister unimpressed by Gantz's openness to including Shaked and himself in Blue and White-led gov't. "No way we'd sit in that gov't."

'Blue and White trying to copy our campaign'

Yisrael Beytenu chair says center-left Blue and White party copied his campaign for secular and nationalist government.

Likud MK: 'It's either Likud or Lapid - for the entire term'

Gideon Sa'ar points out: Blue and White party has adopted Yair Lapid's attitude towards haredim.

Haredi MKs blast 'incompetent' Gantz

UTJ leaders fire back after Gantz declares he will act to form coalition without the haredim.

Yair Lapid: I will be Prime Minister

Blue and White's #2 hopes Netanyahu will step down after the election, attacks senior Yamina members.

Gantz will not appeal to haredim as he abhors 'extortion'

'We'll turn to Likud to form government based on secular majority in Israel,' Blue and White Chairman promises.

Lapid: Jewish sovereignty not possible in Judea and Samaria

'Blue and White won't sit in government with Netanyahu, says Yair Lapid, mocking PM's pledge to annex Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria.

Gantz suspends campaign - Lapid blames Netanyahu

Blue and White chairman Gantz suspends campaign after Hezbollah missile barrage in the north. Minutes later, Lapid attacks Bibi.

Weekly summary: Israel's election campaign, thirteenth week

No election fever yet - and will it come at all? A rundown of events which may influence the elections less than three weeks away.

Plastic bullets fired at Blue and White gathering

Police arrest two suspects in firing of plastic bullets during Blue and White convention in Rehovot. Party leaders blame the right.

Blue & White denies claim Russians hacked its phones, computers

Russian embassy and Blue & White party push back on report that Russian hackers had gained access to senior members' cell phones.

Blue and White MK:

'We will not sit with Arab parties in government'

MK Hendel responds to Arab MK's statement that Joint List ready to join Gantz-Lapid government. "We'll form nationalist unity government."

Ayman Odeh to help Benny Gantz form Leftist government

Joint Arab List Chair MK Ayman Odeh does not rule out possibility of recommending Gantz as PM - and joining coalition headed by him.

Yisrael Beytenu signs vote-sharing agreement with Blue and White

MK Liberman: 'Agreement is technical issue, we don't want to lose a Knesset seat.'

Benny Gantz: There will be no splits in Blue and White

'There are elements in the political system which would like to disrupt our activities,' Gantz says.

Blue & White reaches out to Arab voters in bid to defeat Likud

With polls showing the Likud holding narrow but consistent lead, Blue and White ratchets up efforts to win over Arab voters.

Gantz in Gush Etzion: We'll continue to build in the blocs

"The terrorists will not be able to break our spirit. The IDF and the security forces will chase them and capture them - alive or dead."

Gantz: In the next round, we will defeat Hamas

"If necessary, we'll frustrate its leaders and crush the region. We'll act on the ground as much as we want," Blue and White chair promises.

Blue and White heading towards breakup?

'Lapid wants to distance himself from Blue and White and put Yesh Atid back into the fight against haredim,' party official says.

'It's anti-Semitic': Blue and White ad incites against haredim

Blue and White campaign video paints religious, haredi, ministers as money-sucking parasites, PM Netanyahu as caring only about himself.

Poll: 54 seats for right-wing bloc without Liberman

Blue and White is the largest party, with 30 seats, while Likud gets 29. United Right in 3-way tie for third largest party, with 11 seats.

Second Israeli elections weekly report: 9th week July25-July31

Election lists are in. Who is running and in which party?

Benny Gantz retracts:

Gantz: 'I want to replace Netanyahu, not sit together with him'

Benny Gantz stated he would call for a unity gov't after elections. A few minutes later, he retracted his words.

Gantz trying to woo the haredim?

Blue and White chairman tells haredim that MK Lapid 'doesn't hate haredim,' urges not ruling anyone out, says leadership should stay haredi.

Haredim protest Blue & White chief's visit to Bnei Brak

Hundreds of residents demonstrated against the visit of the Blue and White chairman. 'The haredi community only supports Netanyahu.'

Nir Barkat calls for unity government with Blue & White

Likud MK and ex-Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat endorses establishment of unity government with center-left Blue White party.

Benny Gantz shifts strategy

Blue and White chair won't attack PM on a personal level. Sources close to Gantz: 'He doesn't want to close door on partnership with PM.'

Poll: Likud 30, Blue & White 30, United Right 12

New poll shows alliance between right-wing parties wouldn't bolster Netanyahu's chances of forming new government.

Tension in Blue and White

MK Omer Yankelevich (Blue and White) was caught in the act removing sensitive materials from the party. Benny Gantz granted her immunity.

Arutz Sheva poll: Likud 31, Blue and White 28

According to poll, neither left nor right able to form coalition without Yisrael Beytenu party.

Darkness according to Bogie Ya'alon

Gantz: 'We're getting ready for the day after Netanyahu'

At the official campaign launch rally for Blue & White, Benny Gantz claims that even the Likud is getting ready for the day after Netanyahu.

Likud rips Blue & White for hiring ex-Obama strategist

'Have you gone crazy? Fire him!' New Likud ad campaign rails against Blue & White's new American strategist Joel Benenson.

Gantz:

'We're not threatening to uproot anyone'

Blue and White Chair claims party wants agreement not requiring uprooting settlements, talks about meeting with religious Zionist rabbis.

Poll: Likud, Blue and White tied at 30 seats

New poll shows neither right nor left blocs winning enough Knesset seats to form a government.

Gantz and rabbis meet:

'Netanyahu is not the only one who will preserve the land'

MK Tropper does not volunteer details about meeting between Benny Gantz and religious Zionist rabbis, but strives for respectful discourse.

Blue and White: Parents will pay less in school fees

New party issues its first brag, says Israeli parents will now pay less in school fees.

Benny Gantz recruits Obama campaign strategist

Joel Benenson, chief campaign strategist for Hillary Clinton's presidential bid and advisor for both Obama campaigns, hired by Blue & White.

Ya'alon: 'Only Lapid supports rotation agreement'

Leaked recording reveals ongoing split within Blue and White party over Lapid's demands to share premiership with Gantz.

Blue and White: 'No need to join with new parties'

Blue and White's MK Ya'alon says Gaza is a humanitarian-economic issue, Blue and White will run 'exactly as it did in April.'

Unity government? 'We'll form a government without Liberman'

Likud, Blue and White, say they may be willing to form a unity government - without Yisrael Beytenu.