Yoav Gallant

Grapevine November 8, 2024: A dirty business

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Israel Katz inauguration speech: Hostages are Defense Ministry's top priority

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.

With Trump and Netanyahu achieving political strongholds, what happens now?

This time, Netanyahu wanted to make things right, hinting not only through his words but also through actions that he is eager to stay in Trump’s good graces.

08/11/2024
  IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon. November 7, 2024.

Hezbollah fires over 60 rockets at Tel Aviv, Haifa suburbs, crash detected in Kfar Yasif

IAF targets Hezbollah command, military infrastructure in Lebanon • IDF preparing opening of Kissufim crossing for transferring humanitarian aid to Gaza

Gallant is the man for the job! Netanyahu, we deserve better

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.

Israel Katz‏

Israel's Knesset in uproar over Israel Katz becoming new defense minister

Members of the opposition chose to leave Thursday night’s plenum in protest of the new appointments.

08/11/2024

Staying in Philadelphi not worth blocking a deal, Gallant tells hostage families

Gallant explained that he was in the minority but represented the entire security apparatus that believed a deal could be advanced and even reached. 

‘Gallant is gone, Hamas is still here:’ Arabic media celebrates Gallant’s firing and protests

Many bloggers expressed their joy over Gallant’s dismissal and gloated over the ensuing protests, which some reported as a ‘military coup’

07/11/2024
Foreign Minister Israel Katz attends a cabinet meeting, December 2019.

Knesset holds rare plenum to approve government shakeup, confirming Defense Minister replacement

The Knesset plenum convenes on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and in rare cases on Sunday or Thursday morning.

Bennett-led party could come in second following Likud, survey finds

The survey attempted to evaluate the political map following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's firing of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. 

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