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Yoav Gallant

Yoav Gallant is a veteran Israeli politician, currently part of the Likud Party, and is Israel's current defense minister. 

He has an extensive background in the IDF and was at one point a top candidate to become chief of staff.

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 Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is received by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (not pictured) at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2024.

Gallant's Washington synagogue visit canceled over security concerns

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend an event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, at the President's residence in Jerusalem on April 26, 2023

Israel appeals to overturn ICC arrest warrants

 Conceptual image of war between Israel and Iran using chess pieces and national flags

'Window to act against Iran': Gallant addresses Israel's strike on Islamic Republic

 Defence Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a press conference at Hakirya base in Tel Aviv, following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to fire him from his position as a Defence Minister, on November 5, 2024.

Fall of Assad regime good for Israel, despite risks, ex-defense minister Gallant says

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant are both seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem.

Unity in crisis: Israel’s challenges beyond the Gaza conflict

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend a news conference in Tel Aviv, last October.

A big win for terrorism: The ICC targets Israel’s leaders, ignoring Hamas’s atrocities

By BRADLEY MARTIN , LIRAM KOBLENTZ-STENZLER
 IDF soldiers are seen working as part of the Israeli military's Gaza battlefield intelligence collection unit.

ICC arrest orders press IDF to publicize alleged war crimes probe decisions, sources say

 ICC PROSECUTOR Karim Khan speaks during an interview in The Hague, earlier this year.

'Based on false reports': UK Lawyers for Israel accuses ICC, Khan of deception

 Ami H. Orkaby.

The ICC’s dangerous gamble - undermining democracies while aiding terrorists

By AMI H. ORKABY
MK Gideon Sa'ar attends a civil investigative committee hearing on the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, August 18, 2024

FM Sa'ar says he believe US will punish ICC for arrest warrants

By REUTERS
 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden speaks during a dinner with US service members and their families ahead of Thanksgiving in New York.

Is Biden to blame for the ICC warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant?

By PESACH WOLICKI
 SA Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein

South Africa Chief Rabbi: ICC arrest warrants are direct security threat to Israel

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UK foreign minister says he will still talk to Netanyahu after ICC arrest warrant

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in public address after ICC rules arrest warrant against him on November 21, 2024

Israel to appeal ICC decision to issue arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant

An Israeli soldier walks next to the border fence between Israel and Jordan, in southern Israel near Eilat February 9, 2016.

Katz gets approval to build Jordan fence to block Iranian plots

 THE ARREST warrants, which the ICC issued against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, are ridiculous, absurd and baseless, the writer asserts.

How Israel can fight back against ICC's arrest warrants for its leaders

 Illustrative image of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy

UK would follow 'due process' if Netanyahu were to visit, says foreign minister

 American jurist Alan Dershowitz sits for a photo during a visit to Israel, whose leaders he met to discuss proposed reforms to the country?s Supreme Court, in Tel Aviv, Israel December 8, 2022.

'Rule of law disgraced by ICC': Alan Dershowitz to assemble team to defend Israel in The Hague