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Blue and White exodus continues as Minister Meirav Cohen jumps ship to Yesh Atid
Danielle Roth-Avneri
January 5, 2021
The social equality minister is the ninth lawmaker to leave Blue and White in the past two weeks.
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Israel’s government collapses, forcing fourth elections in two years
December 22, 2020
The next round, slated for March 23, will take place amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the corruption trial of the prime minister.
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Elections loom as Likud, Blue and White talks collapse, bill to delay budget vote fails
Mati Tuchfeld
Israel Hayom
December 22, 2020
The bill failed by a narrow margin of 49-47 after Likud Knesset member Michal Shir and Blue and White lawmakers Assaf Zamir, Ram Shefa and Miki Haimovich voted against it.
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Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi: ‘There’s only so much political flexibility you can show’
Gideon Allon
Israel Hayom
December 6, 2020
Between Ra’am Party head MK Mansour Abbas’s stunning support for Netanyahu, the Joint Arab List’s disappointment in Blue and White and Israel’s looming elections, the faction seems shakier than ever.
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Caroline Glick
December 6, 2020
Biden and Israel’s unsteady right
The Blue and White-Likud clash over Iran policy, like their clash over Israel’s national and strategic interests in Judea and Samaria, makes it clear that the farcical unity government has run its course.
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Mati Tuchfeld
December 2, 2020
Blue and White’s number is up
Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s vow to vote to disperse the Knesset more him giving in to his party than a true show of force; if the vote goes through Gantz is likely finished politically.
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Knesset edges closer to dissolution as Gantz sides with opposition
Danielle Roth-Avneri and JNS staff
Israel Hayom
December 2, 2020
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz vows to support a motion to dissolve the government • Netanyahu calls for unity, says Israel “does not need elections now.”
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Report: Gantz’s call for polygraphs sparks outrage after closed-door talk leaked
Israel Hayom
November 3, 2020
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz is said to have told confidants that he knows he’ll never be premier under the rotation deal with Likud.
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Gantz’s ultimatum: ‘Pass a 2021 budget by November or we’ll go to elections’
Yehuda Shlezinger and Danielle Roth-Avneri
Israel Hayom
October 21, 2020
“I’m not willing to be held hostage to anyone’s political situation,” says Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz • Blue and White’s “blackmail” is “unacceptable,” says Israeli Finance Minister Israel Katz.
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Israeli minister outlines plan to foster stronger unity among Diaspora Jewry
Eliana Rudee
September 24, 2020
“We are not 7 million Jews in Israel and 8 million throughout the rest of the world, but a united nation of 15 million with one common destiny. With this in mind, we can take on any conflict or challenge facing us,” said Knesset member and Minister of Diaspora Affairs Omer Yankelevich.
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Israel delays budget deadline, preventing election (for now)
August 24, 2020
According to the prime minister, the extension bill allowed for the “immediate flow of money for the opening of the school year, assistance to the Israeli people, health and in all areas.”
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Knesset to approve budget deadline extension, averting government collapse
August 24, 2020
The budget bill got the go-ahead in a last-moment rush of parliamentary activity after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared his support for it in the name of “national responsibility.”
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Israeli Cabinet meeting canceled for second time as budget deadline looms
August 23, 2020
The government will fall on Monday at midnight if a bill is not passed by then to extend the budget bill deadline.
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Jonathan S. Tobin
August 19, 2020
Can calls for unity and moderation bridge divided societies?
A new Knesset member’s speech struck a chord that reminds us of our need to put aside partisanship. But when culture wars beckon us to combat, few listen.
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Knesset committee adjourns without approving bill to delay budget
August 19, 2020
Blue and White balks after Likud attaches yeshivah funding, “flexibility” conditions to the budget bill, which must be passed by Aug. 25 to prevent the government from falling.
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