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Kfar Ahim (Hebrew: כְּפַר אַחִים, lit. 'Village of Brothers') is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 861. History
Kfar Ahim is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council.
Kfar Haim (Hebrew: כְּפַר חַיִּים, lit. 'Haim Village') is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 629. History
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Benjamin Gantz was born in Kfar Ahim, Israel, in 1959, which his parents helped settle. He was an only child.
Gantz was drafted into the IDF in 1977. He volunteered as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade. His first mission as a young conscript in 1977 was as part of the security detail for Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel. As a paratrooper, he fought in Operation Litani in March 1978 and also participated in a June 1978 raid against a...
Gantz was the chairman of the Fifth Dimension, a computer security and law enforcement technology company, which specialized in tracking via smartphone spyware. The company closed due to financial reasons, after its Russian investor Viktor Vekselberg was sanctioned under CAATSA by the United States during the Special Counsel investigation into Russ...
Early career
In December 2018, Gantz announced the formation of a new political party, but did not originally disclose his views or name of the organization. Polls demonstrated fluctuating support for the party. On 27 December 2018, Gantz formally established the Israel Resilience Party ("Hosen LeYisrael" in Hebrew), with the intention of running in the upcoming April 2019 election. In his first major political speech on 29 January 2019, Gantz pledged to strengthen Israeli settlement blocs in the West Ban...
Government formation attempts
In the April 2019 election Gantz's Blue and White alliance platform included introducing prime ministerial term limits, barring indicted politicians from serving in the Knesset, amending the nation-state law to include Israeli minorities, limiting the power of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel over marriages, investing in early education, expanding health care, and re-entering negotiations with the Palestinian Authority for a peace agreement. The alliance won 35 seats, tying for first place with...
2022 election and return to the opposition
Following the dissolution of Knesset on 29 June 2022, a legislative election was called for 1 November. On 10 July, Gantz announced an alliance with Gideon Sa'ar's with New Hope, which was initially called 'Blue and White-The New Hope'. 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. The alliance won 12 seats in the election. Gantz was replaced as Defense Minister by Yoav...
Gantz with fellow Blue and White alliance partners [L to R]: Moshe Yaalon, Gantz, Yair Lapid, and Gabi Ashkenazi.Gantz with United States President Donald Trumpin January 2020Gantz with United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeoin May 2020Gantz meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austinin Israel in April 2021Media related to Benny Gantzat Wikimedia CommonsQuotations related to Benny Gantzat WikiquoteBenny Gantz on XJan 10, 2019 · Located in South Israel near Asdód, Kfar Ahim became more well-known after the 2019 Israeli legislative election in April, in which the opposition Blue and White party, led by Benny Gantz, were able to equal the ruling Likud party’s 35 mandates.
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Kfar Ahim (Hebrew: כְּפַר אַחִים, lit. Village of Brothers) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 877.
