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Gantz appeals to Gallant to reconsider, asks him to ‘show courage’ and stay in Knesset
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
National Unity chairman Benny Gantz calls on Likud MK Yoav Gallant not to resign from politics after his announcement this evening that he is leaving the Knesset.
Calling the former defense minister a “brave man,” Gantz says that Gallant had done “significant work for Israel’s security” and that “the entire people of Israel owe you an enormous debt of gratitude, alongside the responsibility you took on for October 7.”
“As long as the government has not gone to elections…you must show the same courage you have always shown, remain in the Knesset, and act according to the dictates of your conscience. Do not lend a hand to passing the evasion law during wartime,” Gantz writes on X.
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