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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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 ICC PROSECUTOR Karim Khan visits Kyiv, Ukraine, in Feb. He made last-minute decisions to forgo visiting Gaza, instead making an informal visit to Israel and the West Bank.

Israeli officials condemn ICC decision

 The entrance of the Internatinal Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague March 3, 2011.

How the dark ICC war crimes day came, and what it means

 Benjamin Netanyahu

If Gantz leaves, Netanyahu's far-right gov't will have no more excuses

 Letters

Letters to the Editor, May 20 2024, Political expediency

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attends a Remembrance Day ceremony in Tel Aviv on May 13, 2024

Gallant's criticism of Netanyahu's Gaza policy is a recipe for failure - Likud MK

By 103FM VIA MAARIV ONLINE
 (L-R): Yoav Gallant, Yahya Sinwar, and Benjamin Netanyahu at the International Court of Justice (illustrative)

'The day has come': ICC seeks arrests of Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas chiefs

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant calls on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make a decision on Gaza security, May 15, 2024

Gallant pushes back at US objections to Rafah operation in Sullivan meeting

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) meets with Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2024.

Gantz, Gallant, Biden, and Schumer: A bilateral unity coalition

By DAVID JABLINOWITZ
 Demonstrators protest against the current Israeli government outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, May 18, 2024.

As Knesset summer session begins: Protests planned around Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Israel Resilience party leader Benny Gantz

Benny Gantz leads Benjamin Netanyahu for prime ministership in new poll

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a state memorial ceremony for victims of terror, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, May 13, 2024.

Sinwar and Nasrallah can relax: Netanyahu wants a complete victory, but not over them

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meeting members of the artillery units in the North, May 17, 2024.

Gallant to soldiers in the North: 'We didn't come here for nothing, prepare for every possibility'

 DEFENSE MINISTER Yoav Gallant speaks during a press conference at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Wednesday in which he challenged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Gallant repeats history with another public challenge to Netanyahu

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog is flanked by IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at an event for outstanding soldiers at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on Independence Day.

Lack of leadership in Israel is undermining the Gaza war

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

Public spat between Netanyahu and Gallant reflects their power struggle

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and National Unity Head Benny Gantz, Octover 12, 2023.

Netanyahu doubles down on Rafah, after Gallant, US critique

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attends a Remembrance Day ceremony in Tel Aviv on May 13, 2024

Gallant: Rafah is about cutting off Hamas's faucet to weapons; Op. will get much larger

 ISRAEL’S EUROVISION contestant Eden Golan (left) with her ‘Eretz Nehederet’ imitator Shani Cohen.

'Eretz Nehederet' skewers Eurovision, mocks Columbia protesters in skit