Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and appoint MK Gideon Sa’ar in his stead will likely be delayed due to Tuesday’s hacking attack in Beirut, according to a number of reports. A number of leaks on Monday afternoon indicated that negotiations between Netanyahu and Sa’ar had advanced significantly and … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir a spot in a renewed version of a war cabinet last month but requested that this not be made public immediately, Ben-Gvir said in an interview on KAN radio on Tuesday. According to a spokesperson for Ben-Gvir, the prime minister’s promise came as … Read more
Knesset member and former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot from the National Unity Party, who left the war cabinet along with his party members in June, spoke on Friday evening with Ofira Asayag and Chaim Levinson on Channel 12 News. During the conversation, Eisenkot provided new explanations for his party’s departure from the … Read more
The Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee is set to discuss the conscription law on Monday, less than a day after the government approved the extension of the reserve service. Another discussion on the subject will take place tomorrow evening. The committee’s chairman, MK Yuli Edelstein, commented on the discussions on the conscription law. … Read more
Former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon harshly criticized Ministers Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot on Sunday for remaining in the war cabinet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Half a year into a crisis with no end, when the only accomplishment of this government of messianists, draft-dodgers, and crooks, is its own survival (thanks to you) … Read more
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant flew to the US to meet with American senior officials regarding the ongoing negotiations for the release of the hostages and Israel’s intention to operate in Rafah. According to Minister-without-portfolio Gadi Eisenkot, that one of the goals of the visit is to prevent an American arms embargo on Israel. In … Read more
An estimated 34,000 Israelis took to the streets on Saturday night to protest the Netanyahu government. In Caesarea, four were arrested, in Tel Aviv police shot water cannons at demonstrators blocking the Ayalon highway, and in Jerusalem, protesters temporarily shut down the city-center intersection at Paris Square. Across the different protests, speakers denounced not … Read more
Former prime minister Ehud Barak wrote to the Foreign Affairs magazine on Sunday, calling for early elections in Israel to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Barak began his argument by stating that the past four months of war have highlighted two different portrayals of Israel: “On the one hand, the war has showcased the … Read more
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