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Netanyahu reinstates Gallant, blames last coalition for cross-border attacks, terror
Netanyahu reinstates Gallant, blames last coalition for cross-border attacks, terror
PM says IDF reservists’ threats to refuse service in protest at overhaul emboldens enemies, shrugs off bad polls; Bennett and Lapid assail him: ‘Stop whining, take responsibility’
10 Apr 2023, 10:59 pm 63
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on April 10, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on April 10, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
Facing dire polls and growing public anger and anxiety over a wave of attacks on multiple fronts, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday the permanent reinstatement of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, whom he fired two weeks ago for publicly calling to freeze his plans to overhaul the judicial system.
Netanyahu, in a speech to the nation, also blamed the opposition and the previous government for recent violence that has included rocket fire from Lebanon, Syria, and the Gaza Strip, and a series of deadly Palestinian terrorist attacks.
His predecessors Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid denounced his claims, with Bennett calling his speech shameful and Lapid telling him to “take responsibility.”
In a primetime address and press conference, Netanyahu lashed out at opponents of the planned shakeup of the judiciary — which he paused following mass protests and a general strike in response to Gallant’s axing — while vowing that his right-religious coalition will restore security.
“Our country is under a terrorist assault,” he said. But it “did not start now. Under the previous government, the number of terror attacks doubled.”
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Netanyahu reinstates Gallant, blames last coalition for cross-border attacks, terror
PM says IDF reservists’ threats to refuse service in protest at overhaul emboldens enemies, shrugs off bad polls; Bennett and Lapid assail him: ‘Stop whining, take responsibility’
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