Yair Lapid
And Avigdor Lieberman says Yisrael Beiteinu will never sit with “the ultra-Orthodox, the messianics, the Joint List or the Democratic Union.”
The Sept. 17 election is a struggle “over our right to be ultra-Orthodox, to observe the commandments, to lead a life of Torah and faith,” says UTJ Party leader Yaakov Litzman.
Blue and White Party No. 2 Yair Lapid calls the event “a red flag for the citizens of Israel”; Yamina leader Naftali Bennett: “Hamas has stopped fearing Israel.”
UTJ head Yaakov Litzman denounces Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz following Gantz’s announcement that he would seek to form a “liberal” government if given the chance.
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz issues a statement saying there’s no room for politics when Israel is under attack; Yair Lapid rips into the prime minister for Hezbollah’s aggression against the Jewish state.
While polls still show that right-wing parties dominate the political map, Blue and White Party officials say if they receive a few more seats than Likud, then the president will ask Benny Gantz to form the next government instead of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Despite tying Likud at 35 seats each, the poor showing of other left-wing parties, such as Labor and Meretz, meant there was no clear path forward to put together a 60-seat ruling coalition for Blue and White.
Collectively, they have vast experience in dealing with Israel’s array of security challenges, which raises the question of how their past is shaping their current political outlooks, particularly regarding the Palestinian question and other key issues.
Using social media to make a rare break into the politically charged debate over upcoming Israeli elections, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and the American Jewish Committee took political positions on the inclusion of the Otzma Yehudit Party in a technical bloc with the Jewish Home Party.
The two men sought to promote themselves as centrist politicians seeking to unite the country after a decade of right-wing leadership.
In a turbulent race to seal alliances and set lists before the Thursday-night deadline heading up to the April 9 elections, Israeli political parties Yesh Atid and Israel Resilience announced that they would run together in a bid to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
New Right leader Naftali Bennett says that for the first time in years, voters might switch from left to right, with New Right taking half of former IDF Chief Benny Gantz’s supporters.
