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Benny Gantz

Benny Gantz

Former Alternate Prime Minister of IsraelWikipedia

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Sep 26, 2026

Noa LeviHOST
2:05
Sources from the United States told the Jerusalem Post they were unaware of any specific UAE warning prior to October 7.
Noa LeviHOST
2:13
On the domestic political front, Benny Gantz has outlined what he describes as critical threats facing Israel, particularly ahead of upcoming elections.
Noa LeviHOST
2:22
Speaking to JPost.com, Gantz stated that Israel is approaching a challenging moment marked by a decline in global standing, rising antisemitism, weakened ties with jewish communities abroad and a paralyzing internal division he asserted that israel needs a broad moderate zionist government stretching from the responsible right to the responsible left strong enough to govern without dependence on political radicals Gantz also pointed to warnings from US allies, such as California Congressman Brad Sherman, about the erosion of support for Israel in America, noting that rhetoric from figures like National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givia can damage Israel's standing.
Noa LeviHOST
3:02
In separate domestic news, police sources cited by the Times of Israel report that proactive arrest operations targeting Haredi draft dodgers have been suspended.
Noa LeviHOST
3:09
Referencing statements by Palestinian leadership and Hamas's October 7 actions, it also touches upon alleged Hamas plans with Iran and Hezbollah.
Noa LeviHOST
3:18
Domestically, Benny Gantz has outlined significant national challenges facing Israel, including internal division, a decline in global standing, rising antisemitism, and a weakening connection with Jewish communities abroad.
Noa LeviHOST
3:32
He argues that a broad, moderate Zionist government is a strategic necessity to address these threats.
Noa LeviHOST
3:38
Gantz also referenced a warning from US Congressman Brad Sherman about the erosion of support for Israel in America and the potential damage caused by radical rhetoric.
Noa LeviHOST
2:47
It also references Hamas documents, examined by the New York Times, suggesting Yahya Sinwar sought to enlist Iran and Hezbollah in a broader assault against Israel.
Noa LeviHOST
2:57
Looking inward, Benny Gantz has issued a warning regarding significant national threats facing Israel.
Noa LeviHOST
3:03
He pointed to internal division, a declining global standing, rising antisemitism, and an erosion of support from the United States.
Noa LeviHOST
3:11
Gantz emphasised that a broad, moderate Zionist government is a strategic necessity, especially as Israel approaches the October 27 elections.
Yonah Jeremy BobGUEST
3:13
So whether they were excited about sharing, some were, some were less.
Yonah Jeremy BobGUEST
3:19
Um, and what I think any good journalist does that wants to tell a comprehensive story, and we really did get to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, war minister and opposition, uh, top official Benny Gantz, the top people in the army, the top people in the Mossad, the Biden administration, the Trump administration.
Yonah Jeremy BobGUEST
3:40
So we at some point got to enough people that even the people who maybe didn't want to cooperate found it was in their interest to cooperate because if they didn't, we said, "Look, we wanna tell the full story, but if I only have what, you know, A and B said that you said on this date, that's what I have to report on.
Yonah Jeremy BobGUEST
4:00
But if you tell me what you said, then we can get a more complex, you know, even-handed story," and usually that works.
Dan RavivHOST
4:12
I know your prior nonfiction book, Target Tehran, did very well, and, uh, and this one should as well.
Dan RavivHOST
4:19
It's an inside story.
Dan RavivHOST
4:20
I, I'm focused, am I right to be focused on the triumvirate, the triangle, the troika of Prime Minister Netanyahu, and you've already named the then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant a- and Benny Gantz, a, a general who came in to help after October 7th.
Dan RavivHOST
4:36
So to put it mildly, they didn't always agree on what the next step should be, but I think you and Elliot Kaufman are suggesting that that was helpful.
Monte JudahHOST
18:16
The rhetoric is terrible in Israel against Netanyahu.
Monte JudahHOST
18:19
Benny Gantz has come out and said he's responsible for October 7th.
Monte JudahHOST
18:23
He's dividing Israel, dividing the country.
Monte JudahHOST
18:26
We're talking about the division between liberals and conservatives.
Amit SegalGUEST
30:24
If Netanyahu prevents Eisengot from having a new government sworn in, it necessarily means that Netanyahu is still a prime minister, even though in a transition government, and it worked for him in the past.
Amit SegalGUEST
30:37
He exhausted, between 2019 and 2020, he exhausted Benny Gantz in three consecutive election campaigns, then talked him into his, uh, rotation government, and I think the same is going to happen here.
Amit SegalGUEST
30:50
If the election are going to end up Exactly as the mainstream media polls show, it necessarily means that either Israel is going again to the polls with Netanyahu as the Prime Minister in transition, or that Netanyahu is going to form a coalition with the other side.
Amit SegalGUEST
31:08
I think those are the two, uh, most, uh, probable options.
Benyamin MoalemGUEST
8:01
They've all combined and they're polling at around four.
Benyamin MoalemGUEST
8:04
And then you've got Benny Gantz, who's also running in this non-aligned kind of, we want to bring everyone together.
Benyamin MoalemGUEST
8:10
There's a lot more here.
Benyamin MoalemGUEST
8:11
We can get a big government if we just drop this whole idea of Netanyahu is either awful or amazing and just kind of agree on the issues.
Muhammad ShehadaGUEST
48:39
You had someone that was literally, his last name is Ashkenazi.
Muhammad ShehadaGUEST
48:42
Benny Gantz, you have Gallant.
Muhammad ShehadaGUEST
48:44
All of those people are Ashkenazim.
Muhammad ShehadaGUEST
48:46
So it's basically the upper middle class Jewish establishment that has been there the longest.
Donniel HartmanHOST
17:35
So you, one rule.
Donniel HartmanHOST
17:36
If it came to a deadlock, and Netanyahu could form with his fantasy a 61, 62-seat government, and he turns, let's call this the Benny Gantz dilemma, and he turns to Yossi Klein Halevi, and he says, "Yossi, I could form my coalition.
Donniel HartmanHOST
17:55
You know all these other people." He turns to Eisenkot, et cetera, and he says, "Come." Eisenkot, Lieberman, Bennett, he won't say it to the Democrats.
Donniel HartmanHOST
18:05
He says, "Come join me, and I will not include in the coalition Ben-Gvir and Smotrich.
Yossi Klein HaleviHOST
20:59
And you know why I'm asking
Donniel HartmanHOST
21:00
Explain to our audience
Yossi Klein HaleviHOST
21:02
Because Benny Gantz had that deal with Netanyahu, and he foolishly gave the first crack of rotation to Netanyahu, who then unceremoniously threw Gantz out
Donniel HartmanHOST
21:14
Threw him out.
Michael OrenGUEST
9:32
He's never failed.
Michael OrenGUEST
9:33
Now, of course, he doesn't have the charisma of, say, a Benny Gantz, okay? But you see how far that's gotten him in this election.
Michael OrenGUEST
9:40
Being Lincolnist has not gotten him up in the polls anymore.
Michael OrenGUEST
9:43
People are not impressed by his height or good looks.
Michael OrenGUEST
13:46
So you don't have a Winter in that party.
Michael OrenGUEST
13:47
You don't have a Geisenkamp.
Michael OrenGUEST
13:49
You don't have a Benny Gantz, okay? She is that.
Michael OrenGUEST
13:52
So you'd have a certain number of officers in there, and Bibi was a captain.

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