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Israel: crisis of confidence amid US elections

On a day when the United States was electing a White House host and Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Galant. 

“Unfortunately, although in the first months of the war there was trust and there was very fruitful work, in recent months that trust between me and the defense minister has been shaken,” Netanyahu said. According to him, Galant made decisions and statements that did not agree with the government’s position, and Israel’s enemies capitalized on these differences. Netanyahu’s statement implied that Galant took a fundamentally different approach to the conduct of the war than most cabinet ministers. To replace Galant, who was considered one of the moderate voices in the current far-right-dominated cabinet, Netanyahu appointed Yisrael Katz, until now foreign minister. In turn, Minister without Portfolio Gideon Saar will run Israel’s diplomatic corps.

Galant himself reacted to his resignation by writing via social media that Israel’s security has always been and will always be “the ‘meaning’ of his life.” 

Israeli parliamentary opposition leader and head of the Ash Atid party Yair Lapid, as well as a number of opposition organizations, called on citizens to take to the streets over Netanyahu’s decision to fire the defense minister in the midst of a “war on several fronts.” The event was dubbed “Galant Night 2.” The first “Night of Galant” was organized on March 26, 2023, when Netanyahu first attempted to fire the defense minister. Protests took place in the streets of Tel Aviv and other major cities. Violent clashes between police and protesters were reported in Haifa.

In this material Ascolta analyzes the internal political processes in Israel against the background of protracted hostilities and the risk of further escalation of the situation in the region. It also examines the reasons for Yoav Galant’s resignation and analyzes the possible consequences for the war in the Middle East and Israeli domestic politics.

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On a day when the United States was electing a White House host and Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Galant. 

“Unfortunately, although in the first months of the war there was trust and there was very fruitful work, in recent months that trust between me and the defense minister has been shaken,” Netanyahu said. According to him, Galant made decisions and statements that did not agree with the government’s position, and Israel’s enemies capitalized on these differences. Netanyahu’s statement implied that Galant took a fundamentally different approach to the conduct of the war than most cabinet ministers. To replace Galant, who was considered one of the moderate voices in the current far-right-dominated cabinet, Netanyahu appointed Yisrael Katz, until now foreign minister. In turn, Minister without Portfolio Gideon Saar will run Israel’s diplomatic corps.

Galant himself reacted to his resignation by writing via social media that Israel’s security has always been and will always be “the ‘meaning’ of his life.” 

Israeli parliamentary opposition leader and head of the Ash Atid party Yair Lapid, as well as a number of opposition organizations, called on citizens to take to the streets over Netanyahu’s decision to fire the defense minister in the midst of a “war on several fronts.” The event was dubbed “Galant Night 2.” The first “Night of Galant” was organized on March 26, 2023, when Netanyahu first attempted to fire the defense minister. Protests took place in the streets of Tel Aviv and other major cities. Violent clashes between police and protesters were reported in Haifa.

In this material Ascolta analyzes the internal political processes in Israel against the background of protracted hostilities and the risk of further escalation of the situation in the region. It also examines the reasons for Yoav Galant’s resignation and analyzes the possible consequences for the war in the Middle East and Israeli domestic politics.

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