Benny Gantz

Netanyahu Rival Offers Political Truce to Help Secure Gaza Hostage Deal

This is Beirut, 24/08 15:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israeli former defense minister Benny Gantz on Saturday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to forge a unity government along with members of the opposition in a bid to help release the hostages held in Gaza. Netanyahu's coalition government depends on support from far-right members who oppose ending the war and making any deal with ...

Israel Supreme Court Freezes PM Bid to Sack Intel Chief

This is Beirut, 21/03 15:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israel's supreme court Friday froze a decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to sack the internal security agency chief, an unprecedented move that has deepened divisions in the country. The court's decision came after opposition parties and a non-governmental organisation filed separate appeals hours after the government ...

Three Arrested After Flares Land Near Netanyahu’s Home

This is Beirut, 2024-11-17 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli police said on Sunday three suspects were arrested after two flares landed near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in the central town of Caesarea. "Three suspects were arrested overnight for their involvement in the incident" on Saturday evening, the police said in a statement, adding that the suspects would be interrogated ...

Gantz: Lebanon Will Pay the Price if the Border Confrontations Persist

This Is Beirut, 2024-07-01 17:26 - Reading : less than a minute

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Benny Gantz, a member of Israel's War Cabinet, issued a stern warning on Monday regarding the situation on Israel's northern border. Gantz emphasized that the "Lebanese state will bear the consequences of Hezbollah's activities." He asserted that Hezbollah must decide whether it aligns with Iran or Lebanon, stating, "Lebanon will pay the price if ...

On the Road to Total War 

2024-06-17 08:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Conflict scenarios are complex and foreshadow cycles of destructive violence resembling total war. Diplomacy has proven ineffective in containing the recurrent rounds of violence and offering an alternative road map to the dominant ideological and strategic impasses and power politics. The Palestinians are still subjected to the sway of the ...

Blinken in Middle East to Push Biden's Ceasefire Plan

This Is Beirut, 2024-06-10 10:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to visit the Middle East on Monday, in his eight visits since the start of the war in Gaza, as he pushes president Joe Biden's seemingly stalling ceasefire plan. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading back to the Middle East on Monday to push a ceasefire plan, but Israeli politics and silence from ...

Israel War Cabinet Minister Gantz Quits Government

This Is Beirut, 2024-06-09 15:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Benny Gantz, a former Israeli general and defense minister, announced his resignation from the emergency body after failing to get a post-war plan for Gaza approved by Netanyahu, which he demanded in May. His departure is not expected to bring down the government, a coalition including religious and ultra-nationalist parties, but it marks the ...

Gantz Expected to Announce Resignation in Speech on Saturday

This Is Beirut, 2024-06-07 19:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Benny Gantz, a member of Israel's three-men war cabinet, will deliver a speech on Saturday evening, during which he is expected to announce his resignation from the emergency government. The move is understood to come as a result from deep disagreements with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the vision for a post-war Gaza. Gantz set a ...

Rafah Battles Intensify as Israel Seizes Philadelphia Corridor

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-30 22:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Intense shelling and gunfire rocked Rafah in southern Gaza on Thursday, after Israel declared it had seized a strategic corridor along the Palestinian territory's border with Egypt. Israel launched its military incursion into Rafah in early May despite international objections over the safety of civilians sheltering in the city. A strike that ...

Benny Gantz-Headed Party Submits Bill to Dissolve Knesset

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-30 19:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The centrist party of Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said Thursday it had submitted a bill to dissolve parliament and hold an early election. "The head of the National Union Party, Pnina Tamano-Shata, has put forward a bill to dissolve the 25th Knesset. This follows the request of party leader Minister Benny Gantz to move forward in ...

Gantz Gives Ultimatum to Netanyahu on Post-War Gaza Situation

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-18 22:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Minister without portfolio in Israel's war cabinet, Benny Gantz threatened on Saturday evening to quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's current government, if it failed to propose a clear vision for the post-war period in Gaza. At a press conference, Gantz said he wanted the war cabinet to draw up a six-point plan by June 8. After this date, ...

Gantz and Smotrich Air Differences Over Gaza Truce Deal

This Is Beirut, 2024-04-28 23:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz called for Hamas to be destroyed, as planned by the government when it went to war after the Islamist movement's October 7 attack. "If you decide to raise a white flag and cancel the plan to occupy Rafah aimed at destroying Hamas in order to restore security to ...

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