Blue and White party leader MK Benny Gantz expressed support for the expected union between former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Opposition Leader Yair Lapid. "I welcome the connection between Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid," he wrote on X, adding that "the real connection the State of Israel needs is between segments of the people - without boycotts and without hatred." Gantz also noted that "only a broad Zionist unity government will ensure this, one that will isolate extremists and move Israel forward, and not a government that relies on extremists or on non-Zionist parties. And this - only Blue and White guarantees."