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Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Gantz raps PM for not meeting mayor on visit to Kiryat Shmona; PM’s office: No civilian meetings were held
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWar cabinet minister Benny Gantz blasts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for visiting Kiryat Shmona without holding a meeting with Mayor Avichai Stern.
“You can’t make political considerations in time of war. I urge him to call the mayor now, apologize, and invite him to a meeting in his office together with all the members of the city council, to hear the voice of all the city’s residents,” Gantz says in a statement.
In response to the criticism, the Prime Minister’s Office describes Netanyahu’s visit as a “military tour and a security situation assessment on the northern border” only.
“Civilian meetings were not arranged with him, including not with the mayor of Kiryat Shmona. Civilian officials were not invited to the tour,” the PMO statement reads.
The Times of Israel Community.