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Gantz and Lapid play musical election chairs

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Published: 20 August 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Gantz denies split in Blue and White despite internal mole probe while Lapid declares that if there’s no clear election winner, Likud MKs will abandon Netanyahu

Gantz says no split in Blue and White despite internal mole probe (Times of Israel)
Party leader says hiring agency to sniff out leaks was ‘normal;’ private intel company reportedly plants fake campaign plans among Blue and White leadership to track leakers

Lapid: If there’s no clear election winner, Likud MKs will abandon Netanyahu (Times of Israel)
DAVID HOROVITZ: A month before re-vote, Blue and White No. 2 says Benny Gantz, though no natural politician, is the PM Israel needs and is going to get. For a start, he’s ‘not another drama queen’
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