Gallant was widely seen by Israel’s allies as a brake on far-right elements of the country’s coalition government
, has fired his defence minister, Yoav Gallant, a figure widely considered by Israel’s international allies to be a brake on the far-right elements of the country’s coalition government.
Netanyahu’s office said in a statement late on Tuesday that “there needs to be full trust between the prime minister and defence minister … I regret that in the last few months this trust has cracked”. Israel Katz, a fellow Likud party member currently serving as foreign minister, will be Gallant’s replacement.
Netanyahu had been at odds with his defence minister since before the war in Gaza, when Gallant voiced opposition to planned judicial reforms that critics said amounted to democratic backsliding. His dismissal was long expected. Over 13 months of war in Gaza, and one in Lebanon, disagreements over strategy and how best to bring Israeli hostages home frequently put the two men at loggerheads. The final straw appears to have been Gallant’s renewed efforts to enforce military conscription for the Ultra-Orthodox community.
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