(March 19, 2020)
The latest reports are that Gantz has agreed to a unity government, with Netanyahu still temporarily in command. This would be a shameful surrender on Gantzâs part. The illusion of democracy would remain. In reality, Blue and White would be ratifying Netanyahuâs moves in the midst of the pandemic panic.
The announcementâs significance lies in the fact that some public opinion polls have favored Gantzâs number two, fellow former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, over the current party leader.
The announcement came as most polls have shown National Unity shrinking to below 10 seats, after reaching over 30 in polls conducted in the weeks and months following the October 7 Hamas massacre.
National Unity chairman Benny Gantz said during a press conference in Sderot on Wednesday that Hamas was militarily defeated following the IDF‘s operation in Gaza.
„From a military point of view – Hamas is defeated. Its fighters are eliminated or in hiding. Its abilities are cut off, and we will continue to strike what remains.
However, âfrom a military point of view â Hamas is defeated. Its fighters are eliminated or in hidingâ and its capabilities âcrippled,â he continues, stating that âvictory will come step by stepâ and that Israel âwill not stop. We will enter Rafah. We will return to Khan Younis. And we will operate in Gaza. Wherever there are terrorist targets â the IDF will be there.â
(06.03.2024)
Israel needs to start getting used to the number 10. Thatâs the number of years Israel will probably stay in the Gaza Strip, according to the current thinking emanating from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuâs office.
The estimates are that it will take one or two years for the first stage of the war â eradicating Hamas â to be complete, and another eight years for an alternate government to stabilize, if it does at all.
(28.01.2024)
War cabinet minister Benny Gantz tells residents of the evacuated southern communities that the war against Hamas could last âa year, a decade, or even an entire generation,â and acknowledges the urgent need to ensure the release of the hostages still held in Gaza, Channel 12 reports.
Israelâs war on Hamas could last an â10 years, or even entire generation,â war cabinet minister Benny Gantz reportedly told residents of evacuated communities in southern Israel.
âComplete removal of the threat will take time,â Israelâs Channel 12 reported Mr Gantz, who previously served as deputy prime minister and defence minister, as saying on Sunday.
With the governmentâs popularity plummeting, a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nevertheless garnered only 18 votes in the Knesset on Monday evening, falling far short of the necessary majority to pass in the 120-strong Knesset plenum.
The vote was boycotted by the coalition, whose heads stated earlier in the day that they would ânot take part in political theater during wartime.â
On Tuesday, Israelâs Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant told the Israeli Parliamentâs Defense Committee that the country is fighting on seven fronts and has responded to attacks in six of them thus far. In addition to the Gaza Strip, where nearly 21,000 people have already died, and the West Bank â which Gallant referred to as âJudea and Samariaâ and where incursions occur almost daily â the minister said that hostilities have spread to Iran, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. âIâm saying it here explicitly,â Gallant warned during his speech. âAnyone who acts against us as a potential target will not be immune.â
The Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum says that at its request, war cabinet ministers Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot will meet with representatives of the families at Tel Avivâs Hostages Square at 8 p.m.
Gantz is then slated to take part in a joint press conference at 9 p.m. with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
(11.10.2023)
(today)
Such a nightmarish spectacle had never been seen in Israel: The president, the prime minister, the chairman of the opposition and the head of the country‘s largest labor federation were trading proposals on the issue of judicial review as if they were cryptocurrency.
(17.06.2023)
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Ś ŚȘŚ ŚŚŚ ŚŚŚšŚąŚ ŚŚŚŚ Ś Ś©ŚŚŚ Ś ŚŠŚŚŚȘ ŚŚŚŚ€ŚŚŚŚŠŚŚ ŚŚŚŚąŚŚ ŚȘŚ§ŚŚ ŚĄŚąŚšŚ ŚŠŚŚŚŚšŚŚȘ ŚŚŚŚ ŚŚȘŚ€ŚŚŠŚ„. ŚŚŚ Ś€ŚąŚŚ ŚŚ€Ś Ś©Ś€ŚąŚŚ ŚŚȘŚŚŚŚ ŚŚŚ ŚąŚ ŚŚ Ś„ ŚŚŚ€ŚŚ.
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ŚŚ Ś„ ŚŚŚ€ŚŚ ŚŚšŚŚŚ ŚŚŚ ŚŚŚ, ŚŚąŚ©Ś ŚŚŚŚšŚȘ ŚŚŚĄŚŚ Ś©Ś ŚŚŠŚŚŚŚš ŚŚŚŚŚšŚŚ ŚŚŚŚŚ ŚȘ ŚŚ©ŚšŚŚ.
ŚŚŠŚąŚšŚ ŚŚ ŚŚŚŚȘ ŚŚŚŚŚšŚ ŚŚ©ŚŚŚŚȘ ŚŚŚŚȘ ŚŚ Ś©ŚŚ ŚŚŚŚŠŚŚąŚ ŚŚŚ ŚĄŚȘ ŚŚŚŚ ŚšŚŚŚąŚ.
(17.06.2023)
âThe picture that arises is that everything that happened on Wednesday in the Knesset vote for the Judicial Appointments Committee was one big show, behind which there was a four-way deal between [National Unity Party chief Benny] Gantz and [Opposition leader Yair] Lapid on one side and Netanyahu and [Shas leader Arye] Dery on the other,â Lieberman posted on his Twitter account.
âThe interest of Lapid and Gantz is to show âan achievementâ in the Knesset vote, Netanyahuâs interest is to freeze the [judicial overhaul] so he can go to Washington and soften the protests, and Deryâs interest is to continue the talks at the Presidentâs Residence to pave his path back to the government,â he wrote.
(Jun 12, 2023)
A compromise agreement between coalition and opposition lawmakers over the government‘s judicial overhaul is expected to be reached as early as Wednesday, opposition MK Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday.
According to the Yisrael Beitenu chairman, the agreement will come after the opposition candidate for the Judicial Appointments Committee, MK Karine Elharrar of Yesh Atid, is elected to the position.
Lapid made an appearance at the Tel Aviv protest on Saturday night. At Kaplan Street, a demonstrator yelled at him, „No negotiations!“ To which he responded, „We‘re not there.“ Although he and Gantz have agreed to delay the negotiations with the coalition, protesters are demanding that they shelve them completely.
Former Justice Minister Tzipi Livni also gave a speech at that rally, saying that the government is „already advancing fascist decisions and legislation that will change the face of Israel forever. Decisions and legislation that erase democracy, bring about religious supremacy over secular people, Jewish supremacy over Arabs and messianic supremacy over judges.“
When the negotiation‘s deadline is reached, the host of laws which seek to alter the nature of Basic Laws and allow the government to easily pass semi-constitutional laws will be passed as a single package of legislation, sources with knowledge of the emerging deal said.
Moreover, while decisions by the full cabinet would have immunity from being overturned because the court deemed them unreasonable, decisions by individual ministers would not enjoy such immunity.
Opposition leaders said during the talks that they viewed this as a sensible compromise.
Note how importantâĄïž
it is for them to have peace and quiet so they can work on passing the budget.
What would Netanyahu and Levin do without the peace and quiet afforded to them by the fake ‚dialogue‘ at the President‘s residence that Gantz and Lapid are providing them with?
Preferred PM
?Netanyahu [Likud]: 47% (+5)
?Gantz [NUP]: 35% (-3)
?Lapid [YA]: 17% (+3)
?Gantz: 46% (-2)
?Netanyahu: 44% (+2)
?Netanyahu: 47% (+3)
?Lapid: 36% (+4)
Simcha Rothman, the chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, said that if no agreement is reached with the opposition, some of the judicial overhaul legislation would be passed by the Knesset during its current session