#ISRAEL: Left-Leaning Parties Join Forces To Run Against Netanyahu In April; Called A "Political Bombshell"

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Gabi Ashkenazi, Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz and Moshe Ya'alon.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's two biggest rivals on the center-left have joined forces and merged their parties, causing a political shakeup ahead of the Israeli ballot slated for April 9.

Hosen L'Yisrael chairman Benny Gantz and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid have agreed to run on a joint ticket that will be called "Blue and White." The two would share the duties of Prime Minister, with Gantz serving for two and a half years, followed by Lapid. Some polls have been predicting that a joint Gantz-Lapid ticket could overtake Netanyahu's Likud Party, but Likud could then form a coalition with smaller, right-leaning parties to form a government, say experts.

Netanyahu's party lashed out at the union, saying, "The choice is clear: It's either a left-wing government headed by Lapid and Gantz and supported by a bloc of Arab parties, or a right-wing government headed by Netanyahu."

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#ISRAEL: Israeli Resilience Party Leader Attacks PM Netanyahu As "American-Trained Fake"

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Israel Resilience Party Leader Benny Gantz has launched a scathing personal attack on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, depicting him as an American-trained fake who spent years enjoying the high-life in the United States while he, Gantz, was risking his life in the trenches with Israel’s soldiers.

In this campaign, Gantz is stressing his long military career, which culminated in his tenure as Israeli Defense Forces chief of staff. Netanyahu has spent a great deal of his life in the USA, but as also a soldier and officer in the IDF's most elite unit. Netanyahu immediately condemned Gantz’s comments as "shameful."

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#ISRAEL: Former IDF Chief Launches New Political Party To Challenge Netanyahu In Snap Election

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Former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benjamin "Benny" Gantz launched his own political party ahead of the April, 2019 snap election Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called. Polls predict Gantz will garner up to 16 seats in the Knesset, positioning him as a threat to Netanyahu, who has publicly dismissed Gantz's party, which was apparently ready to launch the day the prime minister announced the rare snap election. The party is called "Hosen L'Yisrael" (Israel's Resilience). No other details have been released.

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