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Blue and White (Hebrew: כָּחוֹל לָבָן, Kahol Lavan) was a centrist [2] and liberal Zionist [4] [5] political alliance in Israel.It was established by the Israel Resilience Party, Yesh Atid and Telem to run in the April 2019 Knesset election, [6] in hopes of defeating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Blue and White Israel Resilience Party (Hebrew: כחול לבן חוסן לישראל, romanized: Kahol Lavan Hosen LeYisrael, lit. 'Blue and White Resilience for Israel') [7] is a centrist, liberal Zionist political party in Israel founded in December 2018 by Benny Gantz, former Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
In the April 2019 election Gantz's Blue and White alliance platform included introducing prime ministerial term limits, barring indicted politicians from serving in the Knesset, amending the nation-state law to include Israeli minorities, limiting the power of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel over marriages, investing in early education, expanding ...
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The same day, both Blue and White and Likud issued a joint statement claiming that the new unity government would be sworn in the following week. [91] On 7 May, the bill approving the new government became law after it was given final approval in the Knesset. [92] Netanyahu and the new Israeli government were sworn in on 17 May. [93]
The extended period of political deadlock that led up to the election was the result of four inconclusive elections (April 2019, September 2019, 2020, and 2021).In April and September 2019, neither incumbent Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, nor leader of the main opposition party Blue and White, Benny Gantz, was able to muster a 61-seat governing majority, leading to fresh elections.
Israel, too, previously used the substance during a 2008-09 offensive in Gaza. Israeli officials said the white phosphorus munitions were only deployed as smoke screens, though HRW documented ...
The thirty-sixth government of Israel, or the Bennett–Lapid government, was the cabinet of Israel that was formed on 13 June 2021 after the 2021 Knesset elections.On 2 June 2021 a coalition agreement was signed between Yesh Atid, Blue and White, Yamina, the Labor Party, Yisrael Beiteinu, New Hope, Meretz, and the United Arab List. [4]