Benny Gantz

Benny Gantz is reclaiming relevance in politics because Israel wants unity - opinion

Israel needs unity and renewed common purpose. Gantz is the politician who most credibly embodies that aspiration. That is why his campaign is gaining traction.

Head of Blue and White party MK Benny Gantz speaks during press conference in Tel Aviv on August 23, 2025.
Benny Gantz (Blue and White) at the Knesset in Jerusalem. December 22, 2025.

Gantz willing to make agreement with Netanyahu as 2026 elections approach - analysis

Benny Gantz.

Benny Gantz advances ‘no Ra’am, no Ben-Gvir’ election campaign amid weak polling

FILE PHOTO: People walk past closed shops, following protests over a plunge in the currency's value, in the Tehran Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2025.

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Knesset election dynamics largely unchanged despite Shas, UTJ leaving gov't, N12 poll finds

Israel's Channel 12 conducted a poll on general election scenarios following the Sephardi-haredi Shas Party's Wednesday announcement that they are leaving the coalition.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at a Knesset debate, July 14, 2025; illustrative.

The man who knows everything about Netanyahu: If Urich falls, everything collapses - analysis

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara has recommended indicting Prime Minister Netanyahu's advisor, Yonatan Urich, for leaking information to a German newspaper.

(L-R): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayahu, spokesman Yonatan Urich and former aide Eli Feldstein (illustrative)

Gov't ministers clash in attempt to pressure Netanyahu over Gaza hostage deal

Israeli politicians across the aisle have sent the prime minister messages pushing for or against a Gaza hostage deal.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of Israeli protesters.

'Etched in our hearts forever': Netanyahu, Israeli officials mourn five soldiers killed in Gaza

The entire People of Israel bows its head in mourning for the fall of our heroic fighters, who risked their lives in the battle to defeat Hamas and free all our hostages," Netanyahu remarked.

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, July 6, 2025.

Could Gadi Eisenkot succeed Netanyahu as Israel’s next leader? - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Eisenkot may emerge as Israel’s next leader because he has become a symbol of Middle Israel’s agonies, having lost, in the current war, a son and a nephew.

 GADI EISENKOT after announcing his resignation in Tel Aviv.

Eisenkot walks out, Gantz leans in - and bets on compromise - analysis

Gadi Eisenkot's dramatic exit forces Israeli politics to choose between confrontational alliances to defeat Netanyahu or Gantz's revolutionary pivot toward compromise.

 National Unity MKs Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot speak in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 24, 2025

National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot formally resigns from Knesset

"I have seen greatness in serving the people," he wrote. "I will act with faith and commitment to creating a leadership alternative worthy of the State of Israel."

 MK Gadi Eisenkot seen at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 30, 2025.

Ben-Gvir rallies Smotrich to block Gaza ceasefire, opposition offers Netanyahu 'safety net'

Yair Lapid said the opposition would offer Netanyahu support to reach a ceasefire and hostage deal, should Ben-Gvir and Smotrich oppose.

 Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich attend a plenum session on forming the government, in the Israeli parliament, on December 29, 2022.

Eisenkot's exit: Reflective of Israel's antiquated politics that need to change - editorial

While that setup may serve the party leader well, it weakens and dilutes democracy by reducing transparency, participation, competition, and accountability.

 MK Gadi Eisenkot holds a press conference after announcing his resignation in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2025.

Eisenkot hazy on National Unity exit, vows to create Zionist democratic bloc in address

"They said there are ideological gaps, I don't recognize that," he said, contradicting Gantz's explanation, which stated that there were "significant ideological differences."

 MK Gadi Eisenkot holds a press conference after announcing his resignation in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2025.