Benny Gantz
Benjamin "Benny" Gantz is an Israeli politician and retired army general. He served as a minister without portfolio from 2023 to 2024, as the minister of defense between 2020 and 2022, and as deputy prime minister between 2021 and 2022. From 2020 to 2021, he was the alternate prime minister.
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Oct 10, 2026
Lean Left
National Unity leader refused to join a no-confidence motion, saying he would not partner with 'extremists on either side.'
Labor and Meretz call Gantz a coward who enables Netanyahu through abstention, and they accuse him of prioritizing his own centrist brand over actually replacing the government.
Oct 9, 2026
Lean Left
Gantz's National Unity party is polling strongly and he is being courted as a potential alternative prime minister in a post-Netanyahu coalition.
The centre-left fears Gantz will form a government with Likud defectors rather than with Labor and Meretz, leaving the left out of power and sidelining their social and diplomatic agenda.
Oct 9, 2026
Far Left
Gantz joined the emergency war cabinet but has clashed with Netanyahu over post-war strategy for Gaza.
Hadash criticizes him for legitimizing the war and offering no meaningful alternative on Palestinian rights.
Oct 8, 2026
Lean Left
National Unity has been wavering on whether to join opposition no-confidence votes, with Gantz reportedly reluctant to be seen as toppling the government during hostage negotiations.
Labor and Meretz view Gantz with deep suspicion, seeing his caution as enabling Netanyahu and his refusal to commit to the opposition bloc as a betrayal of the anti-Netanyahu majority.
Oct 8, 2026
Far Left
National Unity leader joining Netanyahu's emergency government, enabling war on Gaza.
Hadash criticizes Gantz for providing cover to far-right policies and refusing to oppose apartheid.
Oct 6, 2026
Center
Gantz (Eisenkot in the article) condemned Rabbi Landau's remarks as 'poison' and said Netanyahu's government relies on those voices.
Yesh Atid sees Gantz and National Unity as opposition partners, but with skepticism about his willingness to confront Netanyahu.
Oct 6, 2026
Lean Left
National Unity leader, gaining in polls as a centrist alternative to Netanyahu
Labor and Meretz see him as too cautious and unwilling to explicitly rule out sitting with Netanyahu
Oct 6, 2026
Far Left
National Unity keeps signalling willingness to join a Netanyahu-led emergency government despite the far-right's presence.
Hadash warns that Gantz's coalitionist logic normalises the far-right and blocks any progressive alternative.
Oct 5, 2026
Center
His National Unity party is part of the opposition but has not yet committed to a state commission of inquiry in the same way as Yesh Atid.
Yesh Atid hopes Gantz will join a united front against Netanyahu, but is wary of his center-right positions and past cooperation with the right.
Oct 5, 2026
Lean Left
Gantz is polling as the most viable alternative to Netanyahu, but his National Unity party remains vague on policy red lines.
Labor/Meretz distrusts his centrism, fearing he will form another unity government with Likud rather than a genuine change bloc.