"Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz landed Sunday in the United States in what senior Israeli officials said was a calculated move by the White House designed to strengthen the moderate wing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government,” Haaretz reports.
“Gantz is scheduled to meet with senior officials, including White House meetings with Vice President Kamala Harris and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Monday. He will also meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Middle East envoy Brett McGurk, and pay a call to Congress.”
“The trip has created tensions between Gantz and the prime minister, who had refused to authorize it. Netanyahu instructed Mike Herzog, Israel’s ambassador to Washington, not to assist Gantz during the visit and not to join the meetings.”
Gantz is still authoritarian as fuck, he’s just not a complete psychopath as Netanyahu.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/harris-to-meet-with-benny-gantz-netanyahus-centrist-political-rival
And there’s a good chance he’s just coming here as a stunt to say he tried to reason with Biden but Biden won’t give anymore support.
That would really help him replace Netanyahu, and as soon as Gantz splits an election is likely.
Just like in America, simply not being the worst possible option doesn’t mean you’re a good option. Just not the worst.
Are you basing this “authoritarian as fuck” opinion solely on him being vague on his position on Palestinian statehood? Because what I’ve seen from him doesn’t give me that vibe at all
Campaign ads bragging about how many people he’s killed and bombing Gaza back to the stone age
Raiding and banning civil rights groups
Extrajudicial imprisonment of Jewish Israeli citizens not just the normal thousands of Palestinians