Yoav Gallant
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Nov 5, 2026
Gil HoffmanGUEST
Also, the defense ministry, they used to arrest in the Shin Bet security service right-wing Jews and put them in administrative detention when they got any word that they were about to do anything problematic.
Gil HoffmanGUEST
And this policy was stopped by Israel Katz when he became defense minister, taking over from Yoav Gallant after Netanyahu fired Gallant.
Gil HoffmanGUEST
So yes, there are policies by the current government that have not been helpful.
Gil HoffmanGUEST
And Netanyahu, if he wants Israel to look better in the world, then regardless of how much longer he's prime minister and the people watching this might know better than us right now, being people watching it after the election or maybe not, he or whoever will be in power needs to do more.
Noura ErakatGUEST
After that decision, the Biden administration, then in power, punished the United Nations Relief Works Agency and suspended funding.
Noura ErakatGUEST
Complete disregard for the International Criminal Court, arrest warrants against Crime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense, Minister Yoav Galant for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including starvation, And so instead, we had a normalization of these conditions, an absolute disregard for these international tributals that were set up precisely to prevent and punish these forms of atrocities.
Noura ErakatGUEST
And the United States, using its role as a veto-wielding power in the Security Council as a permanent five member, had vetoed six Security Council resolutions that would have ceased hostilities.
Noura ErakatGUEST
This was the context in which the United States, led by the Trump administration, introduced their plan for the reconstruction of Gaza.
Natan SachsGUEST
Lapid demanded that the far right be excluded from the coalition.
Natan SachsGUEST
Benny Gantz agreed to join under a different arrangement, which was the setup of a mini-war cabinet with three official members, Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Galant, another former general, and Benny Gantz, and three observers as well.
Natan SachsGUEST
And they have the power, in essence, of commander-in-chief of the military.
Natan SachsGUEST
So when Benny Gantz leaves the coalition, it's one-third of the, sort of, commander-in-chief of the military, and a very important voice moderating some of what Netanyahu wanted to do, although not always on the double side.
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Natan SachsGUEST
probably puts fuel behind or under the demonstrations, which are already pretty massive against the government and reminiscent a bit of what happened before October 7th, but now could maybe return to those levels and maybe more with people disillusioned, both with Netanyahu as the leader on October 7th and with the conduct of the war since.
Natan SachsGUEST
And it could add pressure to centrist Likud members to the degree that there are such centrist Likud members, not in position, but in their position on Netanyahu.
Natan SachsGUEST
Yoav Galant is the obvious one, but he is only one.
Natan SachsGUEST
As you said, five are required.
Natan SachsGUEST
There's a growing sense of disappointment, deep disappointment, of the conduct of the war.
Natan SachsGUEST
And we've seen also disillusionment for Gantz, Eisenkot, and also Minister of Defense Gallant from Netanyahu's own party, the Likud, with the lack of any plan for what follows in the footsteps of the IDF entering the Gaza Strip.
Natan SachsGUEST
So we saw a speech by Gallant, again, the Minister of Defense from Netanyahu's own Likud party, but a former general himself who knows Gantz and Eisenkot very well from their days in uniform, a tumultuous relationship, I should say, but nonetheless an intimate one.
Natan SachsGUEST
Galant, in remarkable fashion, called out the prime minister, while he is defense minister, called out the prime minister by name and challenged him to make clear that he does not intend to have long-term Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip, that there must be something to follow the soldiers, to follow the boots that would allow an alternative to Hamas.
Natan SachsGUEST
We see the IDF, the Israel Defense Forces, entering again and again to the same territory, often devastated territory in the Gaza Strip.
Elliot KaufmanGUEST
We're talking, you know, 5,000 dead Haifa, you know... smashed, buildings falling in Tel Aviv, and so on.
Elliot KaufmanGUEST
So Gallant can make that powerful argument in the early days, backed by much of the IDF, that the only responsible security move is to strike north first.
Elliot KaufmanGUEST
And so that's one argument and that's one idea.
Elliot KaufmanGUEST
The other one comes from the Biden administration, which is sending American generals to tell Israel's war cabinet, do not launch a full ground invasion of Gaza because you will lose.
Yonah Jeremy BobGUEST
You know, that's the atmosphere that they're operating in.
Yonah Jeremy BobGUEST
And again, you can point fingers both ways, but I say all of the above failed the, It's too bad.
Yonah Jeremy BobGUEST
On October 7th, a lot of people said if everybody resigns and everybody would have included Netanyahu, Gantz, Gallant, Eisenhower, you know, all the people are still running things, basically.
Yonah Jeremy BobGUEST
And a new generation comes in.
Humza YousafGUEST
I don't know how she summoned the strength.
Humza YousafGUEST
But she was responding back to Yoav Galant, who was the then Defence Minister.
Humza YousafGUEST
Who one day will be in The Hague, I hope, of course.
Humza YousafGUEST
But he was somebody who described Gazans as human animals.
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The ecosystem has to be there, including for accountability purposes.
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The United States has Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions on Albanians in July 2025, citing her efforts to arrest American and Israeli nationals, including recommending the ICC arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant for war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
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When asked about his message for Israel's next government following Tuesday's elections, Chirk said, quote, don't continue the current course of warfare where you think you are above international law.
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Israel has its obligations under international law, international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and they need to respect them.
Brannon HowseHOST
been out of IDF? He...
Aaron LavarcoCORRESPONDENT
So we had our defense minister, Yoav Galant, and Hizzi Levy.
Aaron LavarcoCORRESPONDENT
He was our top five-star general.
Aaron LavarcoCORRESPONDENT
Both of them got fired.
Brannon HowseHOST
out of IDF? He...
Aaron LavarcoCORRESPONDENT
So we had our defense minister, Yoav Galant, and Hizzi Levy.
Aaron LavarcoCORRESPONDENT
He was our top five-star general.
Aaron LavarcoCORRESPONDENT
Both of them got fired.
Hasan PikerHOST
Benny Gantz.
Hasan PikerHOST
Yes, he gives up the position when he has an opportunity for advancement to, no, not Yoav Galant, no, Benny Gantz initially, okay? Then later on, he advances to chief of staff.
Hasan PikerHOST
He serves as the 21st chief of the general staff to the IDF from 2015 to 2019, okay? Now, one of the things that Gadi is credited with is something that we've talked about quite a bit on this broadcast.
Hasan PikerHOST
You might know it as the Dahiya Doctrine.
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