The Knesset plenum convened on Monday to officially approve the entry of United Right chairman MK Gideon Sa’ar into the government. The approval marked the end of a swift procedure to bring Sa’ar and his party on board, after the government approved the move in a telephone vote on Sunday night. The government is … Read more
MK Gideon Sa’ar’s United Right party will join the government, Sa’ar and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a joint statement on Sunday night. The announcement was a dramatic move that came less than a week after Sa’ar came close to joining the government as defense minister, only to have the agreement aborted. According … Read more
In a long statement on Saturday evening, United Right chairman MK Gideon Sa’ar announced that he was giving up the offer to replace Yoav Gallant as defense minister after news broke on Monday that the political deal to bring his party into the government was close to fruition. Sa’ar wrote that due to the … Read more
Gideon Sa’ar responded to opposition leader Yair Lapid’s claims of his inexperience for the Defense Minister position, stating that Lapid had previously offered him the role in an X/Twitter post on Thursday that Lapid had previously offered him the role. Reports of leaks from negotiations between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gideon Sa’ar have … Read more
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
Faint calls from last week for a national unity government to bring the country together before a possible full-on war with Hezbollah were drowned out Monday by talk of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacking Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and replacing him with United Right chairman Gideon Sa’ar. One, the national unity government, might have … Read more
“Replacing a defense minister during a war for political reasons is an act of madness,” a senior American administration member told N12 on Monday, adding, “especially when it’s a defense minister with military experience.” Following reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned to dismiss Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, thousands gathered in front of Gideon … Read more
The move to replace Defense Minister Yoav Gallant with MK Gideon Sa’ar is a clear win for Netanyahu, Sa’ar, and the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties, and a clear loss for Ben-Gvir and the opposition. Meanwhile, the X factor, as it has been since the current government took office in late 2022, will be the protest … Read more
Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman offered United Right chairman MK Gideon Sa’ar in a meeting in early July a concrete proposal to merge the two opposition parties ahead of the next election, Channel 12’s Dafna Liel reported on Sunday. According to the report, Liberman offered Sa’ar two spots out of every 10 on … Read more
For the first time, the Chairman of the New Hope party, MK Gideon Sa’ar, during the faction’s meeting on Monday, referred to the possibility of future political cooperation with the former prime minister, Naftali Bennett. He clarified: “Negotiations are taking place. I met with Bennett on the eve of Shavuot (June 11). I understand … Read more
