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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Lapid: Gallant’s salute will be engraved in the memory of Israelis
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant salutes as a sign of respect to Israel's security forces at the end of a press conference and after he was fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, November 5, 2024. (Shira Keinan/Defense Ministry)
Opposition Chief Yair Lapid says the salute given by fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant will be engraved in the collective memory of Israelis as an act of defiance.
“Gallant’s salute at the end of his speech will be engraved in the memory of every Israeli,” says Lapid.
“This is how an officer and fighter who was fired only because he refused to prefer Netanyahu’s wretched politics over the good of the fighters and the lives of the hostages,” Lapid says.
