Benny Gantz

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Has Gantz closed the gap with US over an Iranian nuclear threshold?

Sep 18, 2021 @ 20:08Oct 12, 2021 @ 9:29 Diane Shalem 2681 Views Benny Gantz, Iran nuclear, Joe Biden, Naftali Bennett, threshold state

No comment came from Prime Minister Naftali Bennett after Defense Minister Benny Gantz broke with Israel’s longstanding opposition to fresh

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First Iranian kamikaze drone against Israeli tanker. As tension rises, Gantz vows “appropriate response”

Jul 30, 2021 @ 21:59Aug 9, 2021 @ 16:04 Diane Shalem 2618 Views Benny Gantz, Iranian drone attack on Israeli ship

Iran for the first time launched a suicide drone on Friday, July 30, against an Israeli-operated merchant vessel, the Mercer

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First test for emerging Israeli government: Iran is galloping towards breakout, says Blinken

Jun 8, 2021 @ 17:14Jun 21, 2021 @ 11:52 Diane Shalem 5723 Views Antony Blinken, Benny Gantz, Iran nuclear, Naftali Bennett

Iran’s nuclear breakout may soon be a “matter of weeks.” This assessment by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’ on

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Egypt infuriates Israel, lets Hamas rearm for a fresh round of rocket aggression

Jun 6, 2021 @ 6:34Jun 21, 2021 @ 11:54 Diane Shalem 3494 Views Abdel-Fatteh Sisi, Benny Gantz, Gaza ceasefie, Gen. Abbas Kamal, Hamas, IDF

With Hamas threats pouring out at the rate of one a day, Israel’s military charges Egypt’s General Intelligence chief Gen.

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Reported Israel air strikes keep up pressure on Iranian targets near Damascus

Feb 15, 2021 @ 9:59Feb 28, 2021 @ 12:35 Diane Shalem 2011 Views Benny Gantz, Binyamin Netanyahu, Iranian depots near Damascus, Israel air strike Syria

Israel is said by Syria to have conducted a series of missile attacks on “targets near Damascus from the Golan

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With covid “running amok” a strict lockdown in Israell stalled by pre-election posturing

Jan 4, 2021 @ 13:55Jan 10, 2021 @ 11:13 Diane Shalem 1997 Views Benny Gantz, Binyamin Netanyahu, covid vaccinations in Israel, election campaign, Yulil Edelstein

On the day that a total of 1,224,000 Israelis were vaccinated against coronavirus, on Monday, Jan 4, infection jumped by

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The 23rd Knesset dissolves. Elections on March 23

Dec 21, 2020 @ 18:07Jan 6, 2021 @ 12:06 Diane Shalem 2139 Views Benny Gantz, Binyamin Netanyahu, budget vote in Knesset, covid mutation, government crisis, vaccination

Nine months after being sworn in, the 23rd Knesset dissolved at midnight on Dec. 22 and its 120 members left

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Majority backs opposition motion for Knesset dissolution

Dec 1, 2020 @ 15:01Dec 10, 2020 @ 20:07 Diane Shalem 2495 Views Benny Gantz, Binyamin Netanyahu, coronavirus, Knesset dissolution

The bill’s preliminary reading was passed by 61 to 54 MKs Wednesday, Dec. 2, in an opposition move to dissolve

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Government rift sets Israel on slippery slope to spring election

Nov 24, 2020 @ 12:14Dec 7, 2020 @ 18:11 Diane Shalem 2223 Views Benny Gantz, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israeli coalition, March election, submarine inquiry

The bones of contention between the two parties leading the coalition government pile up day by day. After just seven

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Gantz: Hamas is responsible, will pay, for twin-rocket attack on central, southern Israel

Nov 15, 2020 @ 8:54Nov 22, 2020 @ 12:23 Diane Shalem 2870 Views Benny Gantz, Gaza rocket attack, Hamas, Iron Dome, Islamic Jihad

Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Sunday, Nov. 15 pointed the finger squarely at the Palestinian Hamas for the double rocket

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