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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Gallant said working on visit to US next week, his first since start of war
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is working to set up a visit to the US next week, the Ynet news site reports, in what would be his first trip since the outbreak of the war.
Gallant’s visit would be in addition to the team of Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and National Security Advisor Tzahi Hanegbi, who are traveling to Washington to discuss Israel’s planned Rafah ground offensive.
Ynet says that Gallant has tentative approval from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the visit.
Netanyahu was vociferously opposed to a similar visit earlier this month to Washington and London by war cabinet minister Benny Gantz and ordered the embassies there not to cooperate with him, viewing the trip as an attempt to undermine the prime minister’s authority.
The Times of Israel Community.