National Unity המחנה הממלכתי | |
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Leader | Benny Gantz |
Founders | Benny Gantz Gideon Sa'ar Gadi Eisenkot Matan Kahana |
Founded | 14 August 2022 |
Political position | Centre[1] to centre-right[2][3] |
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Colours | Blue White |
Knesset | 8 / 120
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Election symbol | |
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The National Unity or State Camp (Hebrew: המחנה הממלכתי, romanized: HaMahane HaMamlakhti)[4] is an Israeli political alliance made up of former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz's Israel Resilience Party, former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot and MK Matan Kahana.
The alliance was created to participate in the 2022 Israeli legislative election. Since 12 October 2023, it has been part of the Thirty-seventh government of Israel, led by Benjamin Netanyahu. Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope party left the alliance in March 2024.
Gantz and Sa'ar announced an alliance between their two parties on 10 July,[5] which was initially called Blue and White The New Hope.[6] The alliance was joined by former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot and former Yamina MK Matan Kahana on 14 August, at which point it was renamed the National Unity Party.[7] Yamina MK Shirly Pinto joined the party on 22 August.[8] The alliance won 12 seats in the election.[9]
Five members of the party (Benny Gantz, Gadi Eizenkot, Gideon Sa'ar, Hili Tropper and Yifat Shasha-Biton) joined the Thirty-seventh government of Israel as ministers without portfolio in October 2023, following the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war; Gantz and Eisenkot also joined the Israeli war cabinet.[10] Sa'ar announced on 12 March 2024 that New Hope would leave the National Unity alliance, and again become an independent faction.[11] The split was approved the next day.[12]
Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | Current MKs | |
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Blue and White Israel Resilience | Zionism | Centre | Benny Gantz | 6 / 120
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Independents | 2 / 120
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Knesset term | Seats | Members |
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2022–2024 | 12 | Benny Gantz, Gideon Sa'ar, Gadi Eisenkot, Pnina Tamano-Shata, Yifat Shasha-Biton, Hili Tropper, Ze’ev Elkin, Michael Biton, Matan Kahana, Orit Farkash-Hacohen, Sharren Haskel, Alon Schuster |
2024-present | 8 | Benny Gantz, Gadi Eisenkot, Pnina Tamano-Shata, Hili Tropper, Michael Biton, Matan Kahana, Orit Farkash-Hacohen, Alon Schuster |
Leader | Took office | Left office | ||
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Benny Gantz | 2022 | Incumbent |
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Status |
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2022 | Benny Gantz | 432,376 | 9.08 | 12 / 120
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New | Opposition (2022–Oct 2023) |
Coalition (Oct 2023-) |