From Netanyahu names Yoav Gallant defense minister
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Then-incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with his pick for defense minister, Yoav Gallant on December 22, 2022. (Likud)
Incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu picks Yoav Gallant as defense minister.
The appointment of Gallant, a former top IDF general, was widely expected.
Gallant, who began his military career in the elite Shayetet 13 naval commando unit, is a highly regarded military strategist and was former defense minister Ehud Barak’s choice for the next IDF chief of staff in 2010. However, he had to give up the position after becoming embroiled in a scandal regarding the encroachment of his house and garden onto public lands.
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