Gallant calls on Netanyahu to probe whether Ben Gvir ordered police not to stop mob at IDF bases

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in a video message on July 28, 2024 (Screenshot: Defense Ministry)
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in a video message on July 28, 2024 (Screenshot: Defense Ministry)

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant sends a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urging him investigate whether far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir ordered police not to stop a mob of right-wing protesters from overrunning two IDF bases.

“I call on you to act with a heavy hand against the coalition members who took part in the unrest and order an investigation to examine if the minister of national security prevented or delayed the police from responding to the violent incidents that members of his party took part in,” Gallant writes in the letter, which was made public.

Gallant says yesterday’s events at the two bases “seriously harm the security of the country and the authority of the government that exist due to the IDF.”

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