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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Aug 26, 2026
Far Left
The National Unity leader is positioning himself as a moderate alternative, but refuses to address occupation.
Hadash criticizes Gantz as a centrist face for militarism, maintaining the same policies on Gaza and West Bank.
Aug 25, 2026
Lean Left
Gantz is attempting to negotiate a compromise on the judicial bills while keeping National Unity in the opposition coalition.
Labor/Meretz are wary of his compromise approach, fearing it legitimizes the coalition's power grab without real safeguards.
Aug 23, 2026
Lean Left
National Unity leader attempts to mediate compromise on judicial reform while keeping options open.
Viewed skeptically for centrist dithering, as Labor/Meretz want firmer alliance with protest movement.
Aug 22, 2026
Center
Gantz leads among reservists in a poll about the conscription issue, with 70% of reservists saying the draft debate will decide their vote.
Yesh Atid highlights Gantz's popularity among reservists as evidence that a centre-right alternative to Netanyahu is viable, especially on security and burden-sharing issues.
Aug 21, 2026
Lean Left
National Unity leader explored joining coalition, then withdrew, leaving mixed signals.
Labor/Meretz distrusts his centrist pragmatism, seeing it as enabling the far-right when he flirts with coalition.
Aug 20, 2026
Far Left
Gantz, head of National Unity, has voiced opposition to the judicial overhaul but refuses to join a unified protest movement with left and Arab parties.
Hadash criticizes Gantz for his security-first, right-leaning politics and for missing the chance to build a broad pro-democracy coalition that includes Arab citizens.
Aug 20, 2026
Lean Left
National Unity leader navigating center-right opposition, criticized for not fully joining anti-overhaul protests.
Labor/Meretz fault him for hedging and failing to provide a clear progressive alternative to Netanyahu.
Aug 18, 2026
Lean Left
His National Unity party sits in opposition after the cabinet's assault on Ronen Bar and Gali Baharav-Miara.
Labor/Meretz distrust his history of joining Netanyahu after October 7 and demand that he stop hedging and commit to a united opposition slate.
Aug 18, 2026
Far Left
His National Unity party is split over its place in the war cabinet as the ceasefire deal stalls over conditions he helped author.
He is criticized for lending Netanyahu democratic cover and for a militarist agenda that avoids any challenge to settlement expansion.
Aug 17, 2026
Lean Left
The National Unity leader is sharpening his campaign against Netanyahu while hesitating to join a formal left-center alliance.
Center-left voters expect Gantz to help unseat Netanyahu, but Labor and Meretz fault his ambiguity on social policy and Palestinian rights.