Netanyahu threatens Gantz with elections during stormy virus summit -- report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again threatened his coalition partners with dissolving the government and calling new elections, after Benny Gantz demanded that the Defense Ministry be given a bigger role in dealing with the coronavirus crisis.

“I understand exactly what’s happening here. It’s politics. If this continues like this, it will only lead to one place,” he says, according to Kan.

According to the report, a fuming Netanyahu then ended the meeting and summoned all ministers to a meeting to approve restrictions.

Netanyahu and his nameless “associates” have threatened Gantz with elections on several occasions, knowing that polls show Likud sweeping to victory and Blue and White sinking.