Blue and White chairman pulls out of the corner to which Netanyahu and Trump urged him, and arranged a private meeting with the president • But if the US gives green light to annexation of the valley, Blue and White will first have to present a substantive position on a substantive issue, then the open secret may be revealed: It's a list without Ideology • Interpretation

• Blue and White leaders // Photo: Yehuda Peretz

In a last-minute maneuver, Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz managed to escape Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump's elusiveness from a joint meeting with an unclear schedule and a heavy concern that would serve no more than stand in the giant's initiative, and set up a separate and honorable invitation with his own personal meeting , Apart from Netanyahu, in the White House.

Photo: Moshe Ben Simhon

In a statement to the media, Gantz tried to equalize the feeling that he had been invited to Washington in his own right, stressing that he had extensive ties with the Americans and that his invitation was not at all related to Netanyahu but to the fact that he was the largest party in Israel, he said.
But this is probably a false attempt. It is unclear whether the new schedule set is more respectable than the previous one, which was sewn by Netanyahu and Trump - mainly because we do not know what was actually planned for it. What is clear is that Gantz's troubles at home will only begin upon his return to Israel.

If everything goes as planned, and the White House gives Israel a full green light as far as the annexation of the Jordan Valley is concerned, Gantz will face a dilemma he has never faced since entering the political system. Because the only thing common to my members of blue and white is the desire to oust Netanyahu from the premiership is a known thing. So far, for months now, this strong desire has served as a strong glue that has managed to keep the various streams within the Shetanese party. Through it, they knew how to overcome the failures and the huge gaps between them and were able to stick to the author and to one another - replacing Netanyahu.

For all the rest, we heard mostly general and non-binding legal clauses, implied in two ways or by no means, the main thing somehow to get out of it. For example, in the discussion on annexation of the valley. After all, no one in the country can say whether blue-white is for or against annexation, and that's after two media statements by Gantz in the past week, specifically on this issue, without saying anything.

For the first time in its history, blue and white will have to face a real issue that lies at its door, and decide not only on which side of the political map it is located after months of blurring, but also which side of history will be when the Knesset approves the dramatic move - if and when, of course. Because when on one side is Ya'alon, Hauser and Handel, and on the other, German, Vanisenkorn, not to mention the partners Peretz, Horowitz and Tibi, sent Gantz to make a decision that, while not making it look bad at the moment, no separate meeting or honorable invitation would ease the dilemma.