Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has officially dismissed Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, citing a lack of mutual trust that has widened since the onset of Israel’s wars on Gaza and Lebanon.
Gallant, a member of Netanyahu’s Likud party since 2019, will be replaced by Foreign Minister Israel Katz. Gideon Saar, a minister without a portfolio, will step into Katz’s former role.
Following the dismissal of Gallant, leader of ‘The Democrats’ party Yair Golan, has called for daily mass protests and a general strike across Israel.
Another political activist from the youth wing of the left-leaning of the Meretz party, Eliran Bykhovsky, criticised the timing of Gallant’s firing, accusing Netanyahu of exploiting US preoccupation with its election.
But the relationship between the two continued to sour, with Gallant criticizing Netanyahu for failing to put forward a vision for the Gaza Strip after Israel defeated Hamas, and failing to reach a cease-fire deal to release hostages held by Hamas. They also clashed over the role of ultra-Orthodox men in the Israeli army – a key segment of Netanyahu’s ruling political bloc.
So Yoav “Human animals” Gallant seems to be the better of the two.
He did however trip on the bar on his way out though
