Tag: Benny Gantz
Jordan is ‘the eastern security zone against Iran’
As the fallout from the latest Israeli conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip continues, Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz has spoken repeatedly in recent days of the need to strengthen a “coalition of...
Israel resumes supply of goods, aid to Gaza Strip; fishing allowed
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has issued instructions to resume shipments of humanitarian goods into the Gaza Strip for the first time since “Operation Guardian of the Walls” ended in an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that...
Gantz orders emergency call-up of Border Police to quell Arab-Israeli riots
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz ordered the emergency call-up of 10 reserve Border Police companies to bolster beleaguered Israel Police forces dealing with widespread violence in Israeli cities.
Gantz said he opposed dispatching Israel Defense...
Israeli AG: Provisional government can launch state probe into Meron disaster
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit said on Monday that there is no legal impediment to establishing a state commission of inquiry into the Lag B’Omer disaster, not even in the case of a provisional government.
“Although...
Cabinet approves Gantz as Israel’s justice minister, after about-face by Netanyahu
Israel’s Cabinet on Wednesday approved the appointment of Blue and White leader Benny Gantz as Israel’s justice minister for the duration of the transitional government after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to the...
Israel’s cabinet votes to appoint new justice minister, attorney general says vote is illegal
A stormy cabinet session and a vote over the appointment of a new justice minister have thrown Israel into yet another political crisis.
At a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister...
US secretary of defense arrives in Israel amid Iran tensions
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin touched down in Israel on Sunday for his first official visit to the country. The visit comes in the shadow of growing military tensions between Israel and Iran,...
The differences between Israel’s 2020 and 2021 elections
Israelis will head to the polls next week for the fourth parliamentary elections in two years. The voters will determine which of the 13 parties polling near the electoral threshold will enter the 120-member...
Israel’s defense minister anticipates ‘special security arrangement’ with Gulf allies
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that Israel will develop a “special security arrangement” with its new Gulf allies, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
Gantz, who was on a visit to the...
Israel’s defense minister: Lebanese government must assume responsibility for Hezbollah
Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz warned on Monday that “Israel will not hesitate to act” to defend itself against Iran or its proxies near Israel’s northern border.
Gantz made the remarks during a memorial ceremony...