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Monday, September 16, 2024
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Monday, September 16, 2024
US official: Politically-motivated replacement of Gallant mid-war ‘would be crazy’
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the ultra-Orthodox draft law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on July 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reported plan to replace Defense Minister Yoav Gallant with New Hope chair Gideon Sa’ar in the middle of the war in Gaza and as Israel is on the brink of a full-on war with Hezbollah “would be crazy,” a US official tells reporters.
The US official touts Gallant’s experience in his current role and argues that the reasons behind his potential firing are political.
