After the last Israeli election, the virtual tie made it clear that there were only two paths to forming a new government: a minority government consisting of the centrist bloc supported from the outside by the Israeli-Palestinian Joint List; or a unity government of the Likud and its chief rival, Blue and White. When 61 […]
Gantz to Join Israeli Unity Government, Blue and White Opposition Disintegrates
Former Blue and White coalition leader, Benny Gantz, has single-handedly destroyed the very alliance he founded by agreeing to join a unity government with the ruling Likud and its far-right bloc. When the news broke, his former partners, Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid and Bogie Yaalon of Telem, angrily denounced the betrayal and vowed to […]
Israeli Supreme Court Orders Likud Speaker to Reconvene Knesset, Relinquish Power to Blue and White
NOTE: Middle East Eye published my latest piece on the Likud’s soft coup preventing the Opposition Blue and White taking control of government after its election victory. I’m grateful if you’d give this piece visibility by reading and promoting it on Facebook and Twitter. Israel’s de facto governing Blue and White coalition has been prevented […]
Gantz, Pledging to Form “Government of All Israel’s Citizens,” Tapped to Form Ruling Coalition
Israeli ex-General and leader of the Blue and White Coalition, Benny Gantz, has performed something of a Lazarus-act. On election night a few weeks ago, he was all but declared dead. The Likud, celebrating its 36-seat result, exulted at the prospect of forming the next government and retaining Bibi Netanyahu as its leader. But a […]
