Tag: Benny Gantz
Netanyahu to Gantz: Those who don’t help war effort ‘would do well not to...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back at National Unity Party chair Benny Gantz on Tuesday night after the former War Cabinet member, who returned to the opposition in June, accused him of putting...
After Gantz exit, Netanyahu disbands War Cabinet
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has informed members of his government of his intent to dissolve the War Cabinet set up after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack.
The premier told ministers on Sunday that the powerful...
What will be the impact of Gantz’s departure from the government?
Barring any unforeseen events, War Cabinet member and Minister-without-Portfolio Benny Gantz is expected to take his eight-member faction out of the Netanyahu government on Saturday night. With his departure, the national emergency government and...
Government advances IDF draft bill for haredim
The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a haredi draft bill on Thursday first put forward by current Minister-without-Portfolio Benny Gantz in the previous government.
“To bridge the differences and bring about a broad consensus, Prime Minister...
On Memorial Day, Israeli leaders promise brighter future
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Monday that the Israel Defense Forces would “keep going until the end” to defeat Hamas, as the Jewish state marked its first Memorial Day since the Oct....
Sa’ar breaks from Gantz, demands to join War Cabinet
Israeli Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced an end to his political partnership with Benny Gantz on Tuesday night, five months after their National Unity Party joined the country’s wartime government.
“I respect my friends, the representatives...
British PM, Gantz hold unscheduled London meeting
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak joined a meeting between his National Security Adviser Tim Barrow and Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz on Wednesday at 10 Downing Street.
Sunak’s participation provided an additional air of...
War Cabinet’s Gantz, Eizenkot propose reducing aid to Gaza
Ministers-without-Portfolio Benny Gantz and Gadi Eizenkot, who both serve in the War Cabinet, proposed that Israel limit the flow of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
They made the suggestion during closed-door meetings in recent...
Gantz: PM must decide on 7 issues for ongoing conduct of war
Minister-without-Portfolio Benny Gantz, a member of the War Cabinet, recently presented Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the National Security Council with a list of seven issues he demanded be clarified for the continuation of the war.
According...
Israel posts pics of the 40 kids held hostage by Hamas in Gaza
On Monday, World Children's Day, Israel tweeted a picture collage of the 40 Israelis under the age of 18 being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.
The day commemorates the Declaration of the Rights of the Child by...