Netanyahu Fires Israel's Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant

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Netanyahu fires Gallant amid US elections as Israel braces for Iran attack
By. ELIAV BREUER, TOVAH LAZAROFF
Jerusalem Post

Published: NOVEMBER 5, 2024 20:00
Updated: NOVEMBER 5, 2024 21:58

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This second firing already threatened to engulf the country in protests. Opposition leader Yair Lapid called on the public to hold large street protests.

"I call on Yesh Atid members and all Zionist patriots to take to the streets tonight in protest," he wrote on X.Netanyahu fired Gallant after a crisis with the United Torah Judaism party deepened over the prime minister's decision to backtrack on a bill that would incentivize ultra-religious yeshiva students to avoid IDF service.

Gallant has objected to Netanyahu's attempt to obtain an ultra-religious exemption from IDF service, sparking a new wave of accusations that he was sacrificing Israeli security on the alter of his own political ambitions.
Lapid wrote that Gallant’s dismissal “in the middle of a war is an act of madness, “Netanyahu is sacrificing Israel's security and IDF soldiers for despicable political survival. The full-right government prefers draft dodgers over those who serve," he continued.


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