Israel’s government is thrown into chaos as war cabinet member and Benjamin Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz QUITS
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Israeli Cabinet member Benny Gantz has resigned Benjamin Netanyahu‘s government, just weeks after threatening to leave over a possible ceasefire Hamas.
Gantz, a minister without portfolio, said in a televised statement: “Leaving the government is a complex and painful decision.”
The statement he made today was subsequently postponed Israel announced that the IDF had rescued four hostages from the battle Gaza Strip.
In May, he publicly gave Netanyahu a June 8 deadline to draw up a clear day-after plan for what to do with the Gaza Strip once the Middle East’s bloodiest conflict in decades comes to an end.
Netanyahu yesterday called on Gantz not to resign, saying via a Telegram channel: “We must remain united within ourselves in the face of the great tasks ahead. I call on Benny Gantz – do not leave the emergency government. Don’t give up on unity.’
Benny Gantz (pictured) said in a televised statement: “Leaving the government is a complex and painful decision.” Gantz, a minister without portfolio, said in a televised statement: “Leaving the government is a complex and painful decision.”
Gantz, the head of the Israel Resilience Party which he founded in 2018, has only six of the 120 seats in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament.
But the centrist party has become a cornerstone of Netanyahu’s already precarious coalition government, which, including the IRP, controls 64, or just over half, of the seats.
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