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Longtime Netanyahu rival Sa’ar hints he could serve as defense minister if Gallant fired
New Hope chair Gideon Sa'ar leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on July 22, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Opposition New Hope party leader Gideon Sa’ar is asked if he would serve as defense minister in the current government, amid reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking to fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
“I won’t bind my hands on anything,” he tells Channel 12 news.
Asked about the years of a bad blood between him and Netanyahu, Sa’ar responds by saying the ongoing war is more important.
In an interview with the network right after Sa’ar finishes speaking, Education Minister Yoav Kisch of Netanyahu’s Likud party calls “to refrain” from axing the defense minister in the middle of a war.
