Israel Resilience Party

Blue and White Israel Resilience Party (Hebrew: כחול לבן חוסן לישראל, romanized: Kahol Lavan Hosen LeYisrael, lit.'Blue and White Resilience for Israel') is a centrist, liberal Zionist political party in Israel founded in December 2018 by Benny Gantz, former Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.

Israel Resilience Party
חוסן לישראל
LeaderBenny Gantz
Founded27 December 2018
IdeologyLiberal Zionism
Political positionCentre
National affiliationBlue & White (2019–2022)
National Unity (2022–)
Colours  Woodland green
SloganIsrael before everything
Knesset
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Website
bg19.co.il

The party first ran in the April 2019 Knesset elections, as part of the Blue and White alliance. In the 2022 Knesset elections the party ran as part of the National Unity alliance.

In general, the Israel Resilience Party is mainly regarded as a centrist party; however, it has also been evaluated as "centre-right" or "centre-left".

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