UTJ MK Moshe Gafni reacts during a session in the plenum hall of the Knesset, on July 26, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The leader of an ultra-Orthodox party recently spoke to Defense Minister Benny Gantz in an effort to prevent elections amid Israel’s political instability, and to form a new government with him, the Walla news site reports.
Gantz, who leads the Blue and White party, reportedly rejected United Torah Judaism leader MK Moshe Gafni’s proposal, the report said.
The site quotes a source as saying “Gafni initiated the talks with Gantz with the knowledge of senior Likud members, but not with their approval.”
Likud sources in turn accuse Gafni of thwarting moves aimed at replacing the government, the report says.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz gives a press conference at IDF Central Command headquarters, on March 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Gantz’s office tells Walla he hasn’t spoken to Gafni in the past two weeks and “an alternative government is irrelevant and boring.”
Gafni’s office denies the report.
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