Gilad Erdan
Gilad Erdan is an Israeli politician and diplomat who served as Israel’s ambassador to the UN and the US, after holding
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Aug 27, 2026
Center
Reportedly negotiating with Gantz for a joint run, bringing his 'One Israel' party into the fold.
Erdan's alliance with Gantz is seen as a merger of two centrists desperate for survival, not a lasting ideological force.
Aug 6, 2026
Center
Erdan is set to head a new party in the third bloc, with Yuli Edelstein as his number two.
For Yesh Atid, this is a spoiler risk: it could fragment the moderate anti-Netanyahu vote and hand more seats to the right.
Aug 4, 2026
Center
Erdan met with Shem Tov and offered her a place in his party, but she refused and continues to consider the Likud.
His failure to recruit a prominent media face highlights how opposition fragmentation weakens the camp that should be united against the Netanyahu coalition.
Aug 3, 2026
Far Right
Said he will not sit in a narrow government and is reportedly considering a new party.
Religious Zionism views him as an ambitious former Likud insider whose red line is really a route toward a center-right bloc that would sideline the religious right.
Jul 23, 2026
Far Right
Former minister and ambassador launching a new liberal right-wing party.
Viewed with suspicion as a potential splitter of the right-wing vote; Religious Zionism may see him as too moderate.
Jul 11, 2026
Center
Cited by Likud as a possible candidate who could join Netanyahu and increase his electoral prospects.
Yesh Atid opposes Erdan's return to Netanyahu's orbit, seeing it as a consolidation of the corrupt, extremist coalition.