National Unity (Israel)

The National Unity or State Camp (המחנה הממלכתי) 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. It had been part of the Thirty-seventh government of Israel, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, from October 2023 to June 2024. Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope party left the alliance in March 2024.

History
Gantz and Sa'ar announced an alliance between their two parties on 10 July, 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. Yamina MK Shirly Pinto joined the party on 22 August. The alliance won 12 seats in the election.

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. Sa'ar announced on 12 March 2024 that New Hope would leave the National Unity alliance, and again become an independent faction. The split was approved the next day.

On 18 May, Gantz set an 8 June deadline for a "clear plan of action" regarding the war; if not met, his party would leave the coalition. His party also filed a bill on 30 May 2024 to dissolve the Knesset. The scheduled announcement was postponed, after the 2024 Nuseirat rescue operation was made the same day. Gantz announced on 9 June that he had exited the government, with other party members also submitting their resignations the same night.