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Then-Defense Minister Benny Gantz visits Jerusalem City Hall, Nov. 10, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Gantz: This isn’t the time to replace Netanyahu

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Benny Gantz, currently serving as part of Israel's War Cabinet, has said in private conversations that the idea of replacing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the middle of the war is "nothing less than...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, June 28, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Netanyahu, Gantz agree on unity government

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz reached a deal to establish a unity government on Wednesday, the fifth day of Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. According to the...
Then-Minister of Defense Benny Gantz at the welcoming ceremony for U.S. President Joe Biden in Tel Aviv, July 13, 2022. Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90.

Gantz meets with Biden officials amid Saudi normalization talk

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Israel's National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz paid a visit to Washington, D.C., this week for meetings with top Biden administration officials, the opposition politician revealed on Thursday. In a post on X (formerly Twitter),...
Supreme Court of the Netherlands in The Hague. Credit: Z. Jacobs/Shutterstock.

Dutch Supreme Court: Gantz immune from 2014 ‘war crimes’ suit

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The Netherlands' highest court ruled on Friday that former Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz was immune from civil prosecution over the deaths of six Palestinians in an airstrike undertaken by the Israel Defense Forces...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a press conference announcing the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan on Jan. 28, 2020, in the East Room of the White House. Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Trump, Netanyahu and the renaissance of Soviet apparatchiks

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During the Cold War, when Soviet émigrés tried to tell Westerners what it was like living under Soviet communism, their explanations usually began with a discussion of the media. They would say something like, “You...
From left: Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid, National Unity leader Benny Gantz, Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli and Yisrael Beitenu chief Avigdor Liberman meet to discuss strategy, March 13, 2023. Source: Yair Lapid/Twitter.

Opposition leaders to boycott final votes on judicial reform

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Opposition leaders meeting on Monday declared that they would boycott future parliamentary votes on the Netanyahu government’s judicial reform plan. Opposition leader and Yesh Atid Party Chairman Yair Lapid, National Unity Party Chairman Benny Gantz,...
Then-Blue and White Party leaders Yair Lapid (left) and Benny Gantz attend a faction meeting at the opening of the 22nd Knesset in Jerusalem, Oct. 3, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Lapid, Gantz reject any talks on judicial reforms unless legislation halted

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Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid and National Unity Party chief Benny Gantz rejected on Monday any negotiations over the government’s judicial reform proposal unless the accompanying legislative process grinds to a complete halt. “All our...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in June 2021. Source: Benny Gantz/Twitter.

Gantz: US-Israel cooperation on Iran threat ‘more critical than ever’

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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz emphasized the Iranian threat in a conversation with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday. Gantz “highlighted that Iran, particularly in recent times, has proven to pose a strategic...

Gantz: Netanyahu will be ‘level-headed’ about Iran strike

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Outgoing Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu would be “level-headed” concerning the possibility of a military strike against Iran. “We need to prepare for this possibility and we...

Gantz: National Unity Party headed to the opposition

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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced on Wednesday that his National Unity Party would be joining the opposition, tacitly conceding Tuesday’s election to Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu. With more than 4.1 million votes officially counted,...