Report: Gantz reconsidering quitting coalition amid talk of hostage deal

3 June 2024, 8:47 pm

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File - This combination photograph created on October 12, 2023 shows (L) then-Defense Minister Benny Gantz in Tel Aviv, October 24, 2022, and (R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, on October 12, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen and Jacquelyn Martin / various sources / AFP)

Kan news reports that Benny Gantz’s National Unity party is reconsidering its plan to bolt the coalition in light of the possibility of a hostage and truce deal with Hamas.

If the party sees the prime minister is serious about moving towards a deal, it may remain in the coalition, despite the ultimatum Gantz gave last month, when he said he would take his party out of the government if Netanyahu does not by June 8 meet a series of demands on setting a national course for the future of the war and the region, including a day-after plan for Gaza.

Netanyahu has indicated he has no plans to meet Gantz’s demands.

The Kan report says the party hopes the matter will be decided by the weekend.