„We are in contact with the American team here in Israel,“ Netanyahu said at a Likud meeting. „We are doing so discretely. The issue is not up to [Gantz‘s party] Kahol Lavan. They are not a factor either way.“

Earlier on Monday, Gantz met with Trump‘s special envoy Avi Berkowitz and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman to discuss the Trump administration‘s peace plan.