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Benny Gantz

Benny Gantz (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli parliament, Nov. 10, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
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Israel gets ‘emergency national unity government,’ its first stable government in over a year

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 7, 2020
A TV screen broadcasts the exit poll results of the Israeli election in Tel Aviv, March 2, 2020. After more than a year of political deadlock, Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz agreed Monday to form a government together. (Photo/JTA-Menahem Kahana-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

5 important points about the Gantz-Netanyahu deal and Israel’s new emergency government

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 22, 2020April 22, 2020
Benny Gantz (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli parliament, Nov. 10, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Netanyahu and Gantz sign agreement for ‘national emergency government’ that keeps Netanyahu as prime minister for now

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA April 20, 2020April 20, 2020
Ayman Odeh, leader of the Joint List (left), with other party members at the party headquarters in the Arab-Israeli city of Shfaram, March 2, 2020. (Photo/JTA-David Cohen-Flash90)
Posted inAnalysis

Arab parties’ historic choice to recommend Gantz for prime minister, explained

by Ron Kampeas and JTA March 19, 2020
Israel's President Reuven Rivlin (center) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left), head of the Likud Party, and Benny Gantz, head of Blue and White, to discuss forming an emergency unity government, on March 15, 2020. (KOBY GIDEON/GPO)
Posted inIsrael

Benny Gantz will get the first chance to form a new Israeli government

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA March 16, 2020
Avigdor Lieberman (left) and Benny Gantz shake hands after a private meeting in the central Israeli city of Ramat Gan, March 9, 2020. (JTA/JACK GUEZ/AFP via GETTY)
Posted inNews

Israel election update: No coalition in sight

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA March 12, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his residence in Jerusalem, Feb. 28, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Gali Tibbon-AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli election: Netanyahu leads exit polls

by Sue Fishkoff March 2, 2020March 2, 2020
Israeli voters in quarantine due to possible exposure to coronavirus vote at a special polling station in Jerusalem during national elections, March 2, 2020. (JTA/Nati Shohat/Flash90)
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Israel votes: Bibi and Gantz neck and neck again, special polling places for quarantined voters

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA March 2, 2020March 2, 2020
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Vice President Mike Pence at the U.S. .Embassy in Jerusalem, Jan. 23, 2020. (Koby Gideon, Israeli Government Press Office)
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Netanyahu and Gantz to meet with Trump next week to discuss ‘prospect of peace’

by Ron Kampeas and JTA January 23, 2020
A polling station in Jerusalem. (JTA/Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael, News

Israel sets a March 2 election date if government isn’t formed. That’s 3 votes in less than a year.

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA December 10, 2019December 17, 2019

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