From After PM and Gantz meet, National Unity says no agreement on removal of prisons chief
Then-defense minister Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a consultation during Hamas rocket fire at Israel and IDF counterstrikes, May 11, 2021. (Amos Ben Gershom / GPO / File)
War cabinet minister Benny Gantz’s National Unity party denies any agreement has been reached with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s decision not to extend the tenure of Israel Prisons Service Commissioner Katy Perry.
In a statement issued after Gantz met with Netanyahu, National Unity says that replacing senior officials — particularly the heads of security services — “at this time harms the functioning of the state during war and is not right.”
“We expect the prime minister to prevent this harm to the country’s security and not allow decisions based on political considerations in the management of the [military] campaign,” the statement adds.
