Former Defense Minister Benny Gantz has resigned from Israel's war cabinet, signaling a potential challenge to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership amid crumbling unity in response to the war against Hamas.

Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, Sally Abed, and Noah Efron discuss Israel's recent elections, focusing on the surprising success of the Islamicist Raam party, the presence of Kahanists in the Knesset, the performances of various political figures like Benny Gantz, Gideon Saar, Naftali Bennett, the Labor Party, Meretz, and Yair Lapid, and the implications for Israel's future and societal values.

In this discussion, the hosts talk about the recent Israeli elections and analyze various aspects.

Gideon Saar, a former ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left Likud to form his own party, New Hope, in an attempt to challenge Netanyahu in the upcoming Israeli elections.

Miriam Herschlag, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss various significant topics on The Times of Israel blog, including Gideon Saar's challenge to Prime Minister Netanyahu's long-held position, Moshe Feiglin's controversial kidney donation to a Jew, and Israel's Eurovision song selection.

This discussion on The Times of Israel's Ops & Blogs focuses on three main topics.

In this article, Tal Schneider discusses the possibility of another Israeli election and its potential implications on key political figures such as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett, Benny Gantz, Gideon Saar, and the Joint List.

In a podcast episode, Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman discuss significant topics including Gideon Saar's impact on Israeli politics, an ultra-Orthodox boycott jeopardizing a glass factory operating on Shabbat, and the legacy of Bar Kokhba as a Zionist hero despite a failed rebellion against the Romans in the 2nd century.

Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Don Futterman explore the implications of Gideon Saar's rise, an ultra-Orthodox boycott endangering a glass factory, and the legacy of Bar Kokhba as a Zionist figure.