"Driven by personal frustration": The Change Camp pressures Gantz to withdraw, he insists on running to the end

Senior members of the Change Camp are pressuring Benny Gantz to withdraw from the race, claiming he is the obstacle to victory. Gadi Eisenkot clarified that the camp consists of only four parties. The camp accuses Gantz of being motivated by personal frustration and having no problem with Netanyahu continuing. Gantz insists on running to the end, and his associate rejects the claims.

Senior members of the Change Camp have launched an organized pressure campaign against Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz, aiming to remove him from the election race. The central claim is that Gantz is "the interfering factor" preventing the camp's victory, after Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot clarified that the camp consists of only four parties – Yashar, Together, Yisrael Beiteinu, and the Democrats – and any vote for another party is a vote for Netanyahu. A senior camp figure accuses Gantz of being "driven by personal frustration" and that "as far as he's concerned, there's no problem with Netanyahu continuing to serve." MK Yulia Malinovsky (Yisrael Beiteinu) argued that the campaign is also a financial matter wasting public funds, hinting at "public whitewashing." In contrast, Blue and White's number two, Pnina Tamano-Shata, sharply attacked: "The anti-democratic consciousness engineering attempt... a predatory attempt by competitors in the opposition to silence the sane voice." An associate of Gantz stated: "Nothing will help – Gantz is running until the end." Sources within the faction even claim that MKs are considering issuing an ultimatum to Gantz if the party does not pass the electoral threshold.