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Benjamin "Benny" Gantz (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין "בֵּנִי" גַּנְץ, pronounced [binjaˈmin ˈbeni ˈɡant͡s]; born 9 June 1959) is an Israeli politician and retired army general. He served as a minister without portfolio from 2023 to 2024, as the Minister of Defense between 2020 and 2022, and as deputy prime minister between ...
Jun 10, 2024 · Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz has resigned from Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, delivering a blow to the prime minister who has been celebrating the rare rescue of hostages held in Gaza.
Jun 10, 2024 · Former general and leader of Israel’s National Unity party Benny Gantz has resigned from the war cabinet, citing the failure of the wider cabinet to agree a plan for Gaza beyond the current war...
Jun 9, 2024 · Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's key rival, Benny Gantz, announced Sunday that he is quitting the war Cabinet after a postwar plan for the Palestinian enclave failed to materialize.
Jun 10, 2024 · Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, has announced his resignation, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of mismanaging the war effort and putting his own “political survival” over the country’s security needs.
Jun 9, 2024 · The Israeli politician Benny Gantz, a key member of the country’s war cabinet, quit the government on Sunday over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza.
Jun 26, 2024 · Benny Gantz is a retired Israeli military general who entered politics in 2018 in opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In 2023 he joined Netanyahu’s war cabinet amid the Israel-Hamas War.
May 18, 2024 · Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s war cabinet, said on Saturday that he would soon leave the country’s emergency wartime government unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Jun 9, 2024 · JERUSALEM — Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation on Sunday. The move does not immediately pose a threat to Prime Minister Benjamin...
Mar 4, 2024 · Benny Gantz is a key member of Israel’s War Cabinet whose popularity is on the rise — and who has a pivotal role to play in the country’s future. Gantz, 64, is a centrist politician who joined Netanyahu’s ultranationalist and religious government soon after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
May 18, 2024 · Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has threatened to resign unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sets out a post-war plan for the Gaza Strip.
Jun 10, 2024 · JERUSALEM, June 9 (Reuters) - Israeli minister Benny Gantz announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's emergency government on Sunday, withdrawing the only centrist...
Jun 10, 2024 · Benny Gantz is back where he was at the start of the war Hamas launched on October 7: an ex-defence minister, ex chief of staff – and Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu’s chief...
Jun 9, 2024 · Israeli minister Benny Gantz has announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government, withdrawing the only centrist power in the embattled leader’s far-right...
Jun 10, 2024 · NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Nimrod Goren, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, about the resignation of former defense minister Benny Gantz from Israel's war cabinet.
Jun 10, 2024 · Yesterday, Benny Gantz announced his resignation from Israel’s war Cabinet. Gantz, a key rival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said he was quitting after a postwar plan for...
Jun 12, 2024 · A former paratrooper who grew up on a kibbutz and commanded the elite Shaldag commando unit, Gantz, the son of a Holocaust survivor, spent most of his career in the military. As army chief of...
Mar 5, 2024 · Beirut, Lebanon – Benny Gantz – the main opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a member of Israel’s war cabinet and the man touted by his supporters as the next prime minister...
Mar 8, 2024 · Praying that Benny Gantz will replace Benjamin Netanyahu as the country’s next prime minister is now the US president’s unofficial policy. Though Biden was at Camp David working...
May 14, 2020 · Former Israeli military chief Benjamin "Benny" Gantz is a newcomer to politics who is poised to become the country's next prime minister.
Jun 25, 2024 · MK Benny Gantz speaks at the Tel Aviv conference at the Tel Aviv University on June 19, 2024. (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90) The IDF can destroy Hezbollah’s military capabilities in a ...
Jun 27, 2024 · June 19, 2024, 5:11 pm. After Ben Gvir demands spot on war cabinet, PM accuses him of leaking state secrets. In response far-right minister snipes at Netanyahu’s pacemaker; Gantz wonders why PM...
Jun 10, 2024 · Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has resigned from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's emergency government over his handling of the war in Gaza. In a televised address, Mr Gantz said Mr Netanyahu was "preventing us from advancing toward true victory".
2 days ago · A poll published on Sunday night on Channel 13 News predicts that if elections were held today, the centrist National Unity party led by Benny Gantz would win 25 seats, while Likud, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would secure 21 seats, unchanged from the previous poll. The total number of ...
3 days ago · The chairman of Israel’s National Unity and former war cabinet minister, Benny Gantz, was seen participating in a rally calling for the return of the hostages.
