Gallant: I hope that this time, gov’t will put national interest before political interest

14 January 2025, 7:49 pm

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Former defense minister Yoav Gallant visits Hostages Square in Tel Aviv and gives remarks to the press expressing his support for the proposal currently on the table.

“I hope that this time… the national interest will override the political interest,” Gallant says, hinting at his previous claims that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scuttled previous opportunities to secure a deal in order to maintain his coalition.

Asked about the opposition of Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir to the brewing hostage deal, Gallant says that, as someone who shares the views of the majority of Israelis who back the agreement, he is “embarrassed” by the two far-right ministers.

He says their conduct is “not Jewish, not Zionist, and not humane.”