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Israeli minister and member of the “War Cabinet” Benny Gantz visited Washington and London this week. The headlines were mostly about how much Gantz’s visit angered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But there was more under the surface that we should examine. Gantz’s trip was likely motivated by his genuine concern for the relationship between the […]
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Netanyahu seeks to include Lapid, Gantz in cabinet to avoid international isolation
November 5th, 2022 
Awake Goy Likud Head Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to include Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid in his cabinet to avoid international isolation, Israel's public broadcaster Kan reported on Friday. "Netanyahu does not want to endanger his government by giving far-right representatives such as Itamar Ben-Gvir sovereign portfolios," Kan disclosed, according to Al-Watan Voice. Kan also reported that […]
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No Comments »The “Gantz Doctrine” declares war on Palestinian society itself
August 24th, 2022 Awake Goy The recent assault on Gaza and raids on Palestinian NGOs reflect an emerging Israeli policy of preemption, or what might be tentatively called the “Gantz Doctrine.” Source
Palestinian factions decry Abbas-Gantz meeting
December 30th, 2021 Awake Goy Palestinian factions have condemned Tuesday’s meeting between President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Defence Minister, Benny Gantz, near Tel Aviv, Anadolu News Agency reports. Palestinian officials said the meeting dwelt on the importance of “creating a political horizon that leads to a political solution” in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions. In a statement on Wednesday, Hamas […]
Abbas discusses ‘deepening security coordination’ with Gantz in rare meeting in Israel
December 30th, 2021 Awake Goy In his first meeting in Israel since 2010, Palestinian Authority (PA) President, Mahmoud Abbas, held talks with Israeli Defence Minister, Benny Gantz, where the two leaders discussed the importance of “deepening security coordination,” and combating terrorism. Gantz hosted Abbas on Tuesday night at his home on Rosh Ha’ayin. The city was founded in 1949 on […]
Posted in Middle East, News Tags: abbas, coordination, deepening, discusses, gantz, meeting, Security No Comments »Israel’s Gantz cannot be prosecuted in Gaza bombing case: Dutch court
December 7th, 2021 Awake Goy A Dutch appeals court today ruled that Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz was immune from civil prosecution in the Netherlands in a case brought over the deaths of six Palestinians in an Israeli air strike on Gaza. The court upheld a lower court’s finding of January 2020 that Gantz, as a high-ranking Israeli official carrying […]
Posted in Middle East, News Tags: bombing, cannot, court, dutch, gantz, israel, prosecuted No Comments »Gantz: ‘We will not allow Hamas to get foothold in Jerusalem’
November 23rd, 2021 Awake Goy The Israeli government “will not allow Hamas to get foothold in Jerusalem,” Arabs48 reported Defence Minister Banny Gantz saying yesterday. Gantz’s remarks came following a shootout that took place in Jerusalem on Sunday where a Palestinian teacher and Israeli soldiers were killed and four Israelis were wounded. Hamas claimed that the Palestinian teacher, Fadi Abu Shkeidem, 42, was one of its leaders in the Palestinian holy […]
Gantz’s housekeeper accused of spying on him for Iran, says Shin Bet
November 20th, 2021 Awake Goy Omri Goren, the housekeeper of Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz, has been arrested and charged with espionage over offering to spy on Gantz for Iran, Israeli media reported on Friday. According to Israeli Channel 12 news, Goren reached out to Black Shadow, a cyber-hacker group, on Telegram and proposed his help. Goren allegedly used a […]
Israel’s Gantz conducts ‘important discussion’ with US counterpart
November 3rd, 2021 Awake Goy Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said yesterday that he had held an “important discussion” with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd James Austin III. On Twitter, Gantz said: “I had an important discussion with my friend and partner @secdef Austin about US-Israel coordination vis-a-vis Iranian regional entrenchment & its nuclear aspirations.” I had an important discussion […]
Posted in Middle East, News, us Tags: conducts, counterpart, discussion, gantz, important, israel No Comments »Dutch court to hear appeal over alleged Gantz war crimes in Gaza
September 18th, 2021 Awake Goy A Dutch court will hear an appeal next week against Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz and co-defendant Amir Eshel for their alleged role in the murder of a family during Israel’s 2014 military offensive on the Gaza Strip. The Israeli air force bombed Ismail Ziada’s family home in Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza […]
Netanyahu, Gantz said to weigh fresh partnership; all sides strongly deny notion
May 18th, 2021 FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda A television report Monday said that representatives of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader and Defense Minister Benny Gantz have again discussed a potential coalition partnership after the conflict with Gaza is over, due to the apparent collapse of the possibility of a coalition led by Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett. The […]
Posted in Benjamin Netanyahu Tags: fresh, gantz, netanyahu!, partnership, sides, strongly, weigh No Comments »Gantz Orders Emergency Call-Up of Border Police to Quell Arab-Israeli Riots
May 13th, 2021 Awake Goy Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz attends a cabinet meeting of the new government at the Chagall Hall in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem May 24, 2020. Photo: Abir Sultan/Pool via REUTERS JNS.org – Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz ordered the emergency call-up of 10 reserve Border Police companies to bolster beleaguered Israel Police […]
Gantz pushes for commission of inquiry into Mount Meron disaster
May 3rd, 2021 FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: commission, disaster, gantz, inquiry, meron, mount, pushes No Comments »Gantz to Austin: We will work with US to ensure new Iran deal protects Israel
April 12th, 2021 FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The US remains committed to Israel’s security and will work with the IDF to ensure its qualitative military edge in the Middle East, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Sunday shortly after meeting with Defense Minister Benny Gantz. Gantz said he told Austin Israel would work closely with the US to ensure that a new nuclear […]
Gantz: ICC’s Probe Into Israel’s Alleged War Crimes ‘Blind and Unjust’
April 10th, 2021 Awake Goy Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz attends a cabinet meeting of the new government at the Chagall Hall in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem May 24, 2020. Photo: Abir Sultan/Pool via REUTERS i24 News – Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz called Friday the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into Israel’s alleged war crimes “blind […]
Posted in Middle East, Uncategorized Tags: alleged, blind, Crimes, gantz, israel, probe, unjust No Comments »Blue And White And In The Red, Gantz May Be Hanging In Race To Pay Off Debt
March 17th, 2021 Awake Goy Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party has spent the better part of the past month polling just above the 3.25 percent vote threshold for entering the Knesset. In his best polls, Gantz wins five Knesset seats. In his worst, he falls below the threshold and wins none. In a race as close as […]
Benny Gantz won’t quit the election race. Is that for Israel’s sake, or his own?
February 28th, 2021 Awake Goy There’s no getting around it: Benny Gantz has become a despised figure among a great many of his former voters. In March 2020, Gantz broke his main election promise and entered into talks to form a unity government with Benjamin Netanyahu. It’s hard to believe now, but it was a relatively popular move at the […]
Gantz demands Netanyahu halt transfer of vaccines to other countries
February 26th, 2021 Awake Goy Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday called for an immediate halt in plans to ship surplus coronavirus vaccines in Israel to various countries, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of acting without oversight or transparency. In a letter to the premier, Gantz said the decision to share vaccines was made without “discussions in the relevant forums.” […]
Posted in Benjamin Netanyahu Tags: countries, demands, gantz, netanyahu!, other, transfer, vaccines No Comments »Gantz calls on Netanyahu to suspend COVID vaccine shipments to foreign countries
February 26th, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source
Posted in Benjamin Netanyahu Tags: Calls, covid, gantz, netanyahu!, shipments, suspend, Vaccine No Comments »What’s keeping a struggling Gantz in the election race? His injured pride
February 24th, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source
Posted in Benjamin Netanyahu Tags: election, gantz, injured, keeping, pride, struggling No Comments »Coronavirus Israel live: Netanyahu, Gantz trade barbs as cabinet fails to decide on reopening
February 7th, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Jewish News Tags: barbs, cabinet, coronavirus, gantz, israel, netanyahu!, trade No Comments »Before vote, Gantz vows to oppose extending ‘fake lockdown’ if fines not doubled
January 31st, 2021 Awake Goy After mass funeral, Gantz says won’t agree to extend ‘fake lockdown’ Blue and White party chief claims today’s mass funeral of a top ultra-Orthodox rabbi killed by the coronavirus shows authorities are currently failing to equally enforce the lockdown restrictions on all parts of Israeli society, reiterating his stance that he won’t support extending the […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: before, doubled, extending, fines, gantz, lockdown, oppose No Comments »Gantz gets Netanyahu to delay effort to legalize six West Bank communities
January 19th, 2021 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Benjamin Netanyahu Tags: communities, delay, effort, gantz, legalize, netanyahu! No Comments »AG blocked Netanyahu’s attempt to legalize outposts behind Gantz’s back
January 18th, 2021 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Benjamin Netanyahu Tags: attempt, behind, blocked, gantz, legalize, netanyahu!, outposts No Comments »Despite spectacularly stormy split, Lapid and Gantz may reunite for election run
January 16th, 2021 Awake Goy Despite their acrimonious split last year, Benny Gantz’s Blue and White and Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid could reunite for a joint run in the March elections, according to a Friday report. According to the unsourced Channel 13 report, Lapid is waiting to see the results of internal polling on whether the addition of Gantz to […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: despite, gantz, lapid, reunite, spectacularly, split, stormy No Comments »Gantz, we’ll take it from here
January 14th, 2021 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Gantz: I Was Wrong To Shake Netanyahu’s Hand, Parties That Oppose Him Must Unite
January 12th, 2021 Awake Goy Blue and White leader Benny Gantz on Monday night said that he “was wrong” to have shaken Benjamin Netanyahu’s hand and enter into his coalition earlier this year, and pleaded for an alliance of all who oppose the premier, in order to boot him from office. “Three times, we were close to ensuring that he’d […]
Gantz assembling another inquiry panel on submarines affair
January 12th, 2021 Awake Goy The initial committee was disbanded over restrictions placed on members by the attorney general
Posted in Benjamin Netanyahu Tags: affair, another, assembling, gantz, inquiry, panel, submarines No Comments »‘I was wrong to join Netanyahu’: Gantz calls for broad center-left coalition
January 12th, 2021 Awake Goy Facing dire political prospects, Kahol Lavan chairman tells other party leaders: ‘Let’s unite and send Bibi home’ ■ Netanyahu calls off cabinet meeting set for Tuesday
Posted in Benjamin Netanyahu Tags: broad, Calls, center, coalition, gantz, netanyahu!, wrong No Comments »Coronavirus Israel live: Netanyahu and Gantz agree to enact full lockdown, close education system
January 6th, 2021 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in Jewish News Tags: agree, coronavirus, enact, gantz, israel, lockdown, netanyahu! 1 Comment »
