Benny Gantz
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Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud has now reached its highest number of seats in the poll since the war began.
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Politics, Polls
A new poll conducted for Channel 13 shows Gantz's camp getting just 61 seats, while Netanyahu's camp gets 53.
Israel-Gaza War, Hostage Deal
The former war cabinet member said that the parameters of a deal were already ready weeks ago and that delays are politically motivated.
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IDF, Yoav Gallant, Betzalel Smotrich
The Israeli government voted to extend mandatory IDF service for male soldiers to 36 months for the next five years, affecting current soldiers and certain female roles.
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Opinion, Politics
Despite easily leading in every poll, the opposition is struggling to form a potential coalition of its own. Here’s why.
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Elections, Polls
A new poll Kantar poll for Kann shows the big parties losing seats, but both coalitions holding steady.
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Politics
The poll also shows the Netanyahu and Gantz blocs at equal strength, with neither able to form a coalition.
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Israel-Gaza War, Politics
A new Channel 14 poll shows Likud holding steady as the largest party with 24 seats, mainly due to Gantz, Lapid, and Liberman all falling below 20 seats.
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Israel-Gaza War
Following Gantz's departure from the government and the demands of Ben Gvir and Smotrich to amend its complement and powers, the Prime Minister announced an end to the war cabinet.
![Being penalized for leaving the government? Benny Gantz.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/10/becbd190-26fb-11ef-b326-875a4c3cecda__h268_w400.jpg)
Politics, Elections
A poll done for Maariv by Menachem Lazar shows Benny Gantz's party continuing its decline from its peak at the beginning of the war, with just 24 seats.
Israel-Gaza War, Politics
The former political allies in the war against Hamas are now engaging in bitter recrimination over the decisions made when they both served in the war cabinet.
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Hostage Update, Gantz
When asked about the condition of the Bibas family, who were taken hostage in Gaza over eight months ago, Gantz asserts that Israel knows the answer.
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Israel-Gaza War, Politics
Meanwhile, 42% intend to keep voting for him, 35% never voted for him in the first place, and 8% are undecided.
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Israel-Gaza War, Palestinian State
Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich addressed Benny Gantz's decision to leave the national emergency government, saying that there is nothing Gantz demanded that he didn't get - except a Palestinian state.
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Israel-Gaza War
Following Benny Gantz's announcement that he and his party were leaving the national emergency government, Shas party leader Aryeh Deri called on him to reconsider for the good of the country.
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Israel-Gaza War, Politics
The Prime Minister made this offer minutes after Benny Gantz announced he and his party were leaving the national emergency government.
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Israel-Gaza War, Politics
After delaying his planned departure due to the hostage rescue operation, Gantz and his State Camp party are leaving, after months of serving in a national emergency government.
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Israel-Gaza War, Hostages, Politics
The State Camp party leader and war cabinet member had previously planned to deliver a statement Saturday night, presumably announcing his departure from the government, but this was delayed by the rescue operation.
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Israel-Gaza War, Politics
State Camp party chairman and war cabinet member Benny Gantz is set to deliver a statement tomorrow night, likely to signal his departure from the government. Prime Minister Netanyahu will speak immediately afterwards.
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Politics, Elections
A new Channel 14 poll shows Netanyahu's bloc getting 57 seats and Gantz's bloc 59, with Hadash-Ta'al holding the balance.