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Ex-IDF chief Gantz said to not have time to form new party, will join existing one
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFormer IDF chief Benny Gantz will not have time to form a new political party to run in the upcoming April Knesset elections, and will have to join an existing party, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
Gantz has been widely expected to join politics and form a new center-left party.
Citing a source close to Gantz, the report says he has been in contact with Adina Bar Shalom, the daughter of former chief rabbi, Ovadia Yosef, who has broken away from the Shas ultra-Orthodox party to form a new political entity called “Hachi Yisraeli” (“the most Israel”).
Gantz is reportedly seeking to first join Bar Shalom’s party, and then possibly join forces with other, bigger parties.
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