Speculation spiked after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu replaced Gallant with Katz that the attempts to draft Haredim would be halted, given Netanyahu and the haredi coalition parties' opposition.
Israel's incoming Defense Minister Yisrael Katz declared conditions are optimal for targeting Iran's nuclear program, citing recent successful Israeli airstrikes and broad national consensus.
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Gallant, who also spoke, expressed gratitude and appreciation for the IDF commanders and soldiers, as well as members of the security forces, regular and reserve.
A true leader would find a way to bridge those gaps, would see the fractures in the society they are charged with leading and protecting, and tend to them - What we have seen is the opposite.
Members of the opposition chose to leave Thursday night’s plenum in protest of the new appointments.
Gallant’s firing comes amid a dramatic shift in the geopolitics of Israel’s multi-front war, with Donald Trump’s dramatic re-election to the White House on that same day.
Katz, who served as foreign minister starting in the beginning of 2024, has been known for posting AI photos to his X/Twitter account, including those of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Firing Gallant, in and of itself, at this much later point in the war, may not be a game changer at all.
"My priorities have always remained constant and clear: the State of Israel, the IDF, and the security establishment," Gallant said.
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