{"id":298080,"date":"2024-11-06T08:08:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T08:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=298080"},"modified":"2024-11-08T08:30:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T08:30:12","slug":"netanyahu-fires-gallant-says-disagreements-lack-of-mutual-trust-helped-the-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=298080","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu fires Gallant, says disagreements, lack of mutual trust helped the enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Times of Israel \u2013 Nov 5, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday evening, citing a lack of mutual trust during a time of war as his reason for doing so.<\/p>\n

Gallant will be replaced by Foreign Minister Israel Katz, while Minister without Portfolio Gideon Sa\u2019ar will replace Katz in the Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n

In a terse letter that the Prime Minister\u2019s Office said was handed to Gallant during an 8 p.m. meeting, Netanyahu informed him that his tenure would end \u201c48 hours from the receipt of this letter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to thank you for your service as defense minister,\u201d the one-sentence letter concluded.<\/p>\n

Following the brief interaction, Netanyahu left the room and recorded the video in which he announced the firing of his longtime Likud party rival, Channel 12 news reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, although in the first months of the war there was trust and there was very fruitful work, during the last months this trust cracked between me and the defense minister,\u201d said Netanyahu in the video statement.<\/p>\n

He said that the two disagreed on the management of the war, and that Gallant had made decisions and statements that contradicted cabinet decisions.<\/p>\n

The premier also accused Gallant of indirectly aiding Israel\u2019s enemies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made many attempts to bridge these gaps, but they kept getting wider,\u201d he said. \u201cThey also came to the knowledge of the public in an unacceptable way, and worse than that, they came to the knowledge of the enemy \u2014 our enemies enjoyed it and derived a lot of benefit from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201ccrisis of faith\u201d with the defense minister \u201cdoes not enable the proper continuation of the [military] campaign,\u201d Netanyahu continued.<\/p>\n

He said that most members of the government and cabinet were in agreement with him \u201cthat this cannot continue. In light of this, I decided today to end the tenure of the defense minister.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s announcement is the second time in under two years that Netanyahu has fired Gallant from the post of defense minister.<\/p>\n

In March 2023, Netanyahu fired Gallant a day after the latter called for pausing the legislation process of the government\u2019s contentious judicial overhaul plans, which he said caused divisions that posed a threat to Israel\u2019s security.<\/p>\n

He was reinstated less than a month later, however, and was at the helm of the Defense Ministry when Hamas committed its deadly terror assault in southern Israel on October 7 last year and remained in his post throughout the subsequent war in the Gaza Strip, the fighting on the northern border and the ground operation in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Following his dismissal on Tuesday, Gallant issued a one-line statement of his own, writing on X that \u201cthe security of the State of Israel always was, and will always remain, my life\u2019s mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement was identical to the one he published on the night of his first firing, 18 months ago.<\/p>\n

He elaborated at a press conference later on Tuesday night, where he appeared visibly emotional as he explained that the reason for his dismissal was threefold: The need to draft Haredi men to the IDF, the imperative to bring back the hostages from Gaza, and the need for a state commission of inquiry in the October 7 Hamas terror onslaught and ensuing war.<\/p>\n

The issue of the Haredi draft, he said, \u201cisn\u2019t only a social one, but is a topic central to our existence \u2014 the security of Israel and the nation that sits in Zion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israel will be facing complex challenges in the coming years, he said. \u201cIn these circumstances, there is no choice. Everyone must serve in the IDF, and participate in the mission of defending Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cdiscriminatory, corrupt law\u201d on Haredi enlistment must not be allowed to pass, he warned, referring to legislation being pushed by Haredi parties United Torah Judaism and Shas which would preserve the exemption of ultra-Orthodox males from military service after the High Court ruled earlier this year that there was no longer any legal framework allowing the state to refrain from drafting them.<\/p>\n

Gallant has opposed the legislation, putting him at odds with the Haredi parties, both of which have demanded it be pushed through as a matter of priority and have said they are prepared to topple the coalition should it not pass into law.<\/p>\n

The second issue, Gallant said, was the matter of a hostage deal.<\/p>\n

He hinted strongly that Israel should be prioritizing a deal to get the 101 remaining hostages out of Gaza, even if doing so would mean Hamas remains in the Strip.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever dies among the hostages can never be returned. There isn\u2019t and will never be atonement for abandoning the hostages,\u201d he said. \u201cIt will become a mark of Cain on the forehead of Israeli society, and on those who are leading this mistaken path.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, he called for a government investigation into the October 7 Hamas terror assault, in which some 1,200 people were killed and 251 were seized as hostages as terrorists rampaged through dozens of southern Israel communities.<\/p>\n

Citing the need to get at the truth and extract military, political and security lessons, Gallant warned that this was the only way to prepare Israeli forces for future challenges.<\/p>\n

Choking back tears, he said that Israel\u2019s security has been his life\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n

He praised the war efforts over the last year, saying that Israel had \u201cstruck in Gaza and Lebanon\u201d and fought back against terrorism in the West Bank.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe eliminated terror leaders in the world and across the Middle East. We operated for the first time in a precise, lethal and swift strike in Iran,\u201d he said. \u201cSince October 7th, I\u2019ve focused on one mission \u2014 victory in the war.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then warned of \u201ca moral darkness\u201d that has descended on the country, without mentioning Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

The returned naval commando and general concluded his remarks with a salute to the war-fallen, the hostages and their families.<\/p>\n

The bombshell announcement was met with a mixture of outrage from members of the opposition and elation from coalition members, many of whom have been openly critical of Gallant\u2019s position on a variety of matters pertaining to the war.<\/p>\n

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi welcomed the firing of his fellow Likud member and asserted that he had \u201cfailed to rise to the heroic spirit of our brave warriors who demand victory,\u201d and that his departure would now clear the way for victory in Gaza.<\/p>\n

He sought to tie Gallant\u2019s dismissal to his recent calls for the ousting of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara who, like Gallant, has clashed with the government several times over laws and decisions she deems to be illegal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last one remaining to hinder and fight the government is Ms. Miara,\u201d Karhi wrote. \u201cSend her home now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Movement for Quality Government in Israel called on Baharav-Miara to \u201cintervene immediately and examine the legality\u201d of the decision to fire Gallant.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the watchdog argued that his termination was \u201ca narrow political move that places personal and political interests above the good of the state and the security of its citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group linked Netanyahu\u2019s decision to his government\u2019s push to pass legislation intended to facilitate ultra-Orthodox Israelis\u2019 \u201cevasion\u201d of military service, and argued that firing Gallant \u201cat a time when the IDF is fighting on the various fronts, constitutes a serious injury to the security system and the principles of proper administration, and indicates a serious leadership failure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adding to the concerns of Netanyahu\u2019s critics, the Walla news outlet cited sources close to the prime minister as saying that he was also\u00a0planning on firing IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi and Shin Bet head Ronen Bar.<\/p>\n

While Netanyahu has the sole authority to replace Bar, the defense minister is responsible for firing or nominating an IDF chief of staff.<\/p>\n

Unlike Gallant, incoming defense minister Katz is widely seen as being willing to do Netanyahu\u2019s bidding.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister\u2019s Office denied that there was any truth to the report, however, insisting that it was \u201cnot true and intended to sow division.\u201d It later released another statement saying Netanyahu spoke with Halevi, Bar and Mossad Director David Barnea, telling them he \u201clooks forward to joint work along with the new defense minister.\u201d<\/p>\n

Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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