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Report: Gallant, Gantz oppose move to limit Arab-Israeli worshipers on Temple Mount
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Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (center) and Minister Benny Gantz (right) embrace, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at left, at a joint press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on November 11, 2023. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
According to Channel 13 news, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and war cabinet minister Benny Gantz vocally opposed the decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to go along with a demand by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to limit Arab-Israeli worshipers on the Temple Mount during Ramadan.
“The prime minister is circumventing the security establishment and, due to that, we will make mistakes, ” Gallant reportedly tells the meeting, referring to the opposition of the Shin Bet and the IDF to the decision.
“This is not unity and not a cabinet. This is not how we work,” Gantz reportedly reacts as well.
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