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Report: Government wants to cancel security protection for Gantz, Gallant
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Outgoing defense minister Benny Gantz (left) embraces his successor Yoav Gallant, at military headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 1, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government wants to cancel security for former defense ministers Benny Gantz and Yoav Gallant, Channel 12 news reports.
The unsourced report says that Justice Minister Yariv Levin is pushing for the security details to be cut for defense ministers who served less than three years.
Channel 12 notes that the three-year deadline would “by chance” mean that Gantz and Gallant were no longer eligible, while Netanyahu’s son Yair, who lives in Miami, still enjoys costly protection.
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