The Finance Committee Chairman, Moshe Gafni, approached the Chairman of the State Camp, Benny Gantz, and proposed that he join the Netanyahu government amidst the turmoil surrounding legal reform. Gafni expressed his desire to see Gantz’s party in the government during their meeting. According to a report by ‘Khan Reshet B’, this is not the first time officials from the coalition have approached Gantz and his associates about joining the government, but Gantz remains negative towards all proposals. Gantz’s office responded to the report, saying that Gantz maintains regular contact with Knesset members in both the coalition and opposition with the goal of preventing a coup d’état and fratricidal war in Israeli society. The office did not comment on the details of Gantz’s personal meetings. After Netanyahu announced the suspension of legal reform legislation, Gantz congratulated him on stopping the legislation, but also called on him to retain Defense Minister Yoav Galant, citing national security and the need to calm tensions. However, Netanyahu did not reference Galant in his announcement. Former Defense Minister Gantz responded, asking Netanyahu to retract Galant’s dismissal and return him to his position. Gantz expressed his intention to engage in talks with an open heart and mind to achieve success, without the goal of subjugation. He called on Netanyahu to remove threats, ultimatums, and extreme statements and send a team to the president’s house to begin discussions.
The Chairman of the Finance Committee, Moshe Gafni, met with the Chairman of the State Camp, Benny Gantz, and offered him to join the Netanyahu government. The meeting was held against the background of the crisis surrounding the legal reform, during which Gafni made it clear to Gantz that he would like to see his party in the government.
According to the report in ‘Khan Reshet B’, this is not the first appeal to Gantz and his people on behalf of coalition officials who are interested in Gantz joining the government. For now, Gantz is overwhelmingly negative to all proposals, but the pressure on him and his party members is expected to continue.
Gantz’s office responded to the report and said: “The chairman of the state camp, Benny Gantz, maintains contacts with many Knesset members in the coalition and in the opposition, and even more so in recent times in order to stop the threat of a coup d’état and fratricidal war in Israeli society. Beyond that, we do not refer to the content of the personal meetings held by Gantz.”
After Prime Minister Netanyahu announced earlier this evening (Monday) that he had decided to suspend the legal reform legislation, the chairman of the state camp Benny Gantz spoke with Netanyahu and congratulated him on stopping the legislation. During the conversation, Gantz called on Netanyahu to keep Defense Minister Yoav Galant in his position, and claimed Because this is essential for national security and calming the spirits at this time.
It should be noted that in his speech, Netanyahu did not refer at all to Gallant and his stormy dismissal last night. On the other hand, the dismissed defense minister responded briefly and said: “I welcome the decision to stop the legislation in favor of negotiations.” Now former Defense Minister Gantz is calling on Netanyahu to retract the dismissal and return Gallant to his post.
In the meantime, following the statement in which Netanyahu announced that he was suspending the legal reform legislation, Gantz commented and clarified: “I intend to come to the room for talks with an open heart and an open mind. Not with the goal of subjugation, but with the goal of success! We will immediately show up at the president’s house and extend our hand. I call on Netanyahu To remove the threats, ultimatums and extreme statements that keep us away from the goal. Stop everything and send a team there.”