Protests after Netanyahu sacks Defense Minister Yoav Gallant

Benjamin Netanyahu has fired Yoav Gallant, Defense Minister and a member of his war cabinet, in a move exposing deep divide in the far right Zionist regime of Israel and sparking protests

[Fresh protests began against Netanyahu after he fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.]

Tel Aviv: Benjamin Netanyahu has fired Yoav Gallant, Defense Minister and a member of his war cabinet, in a move exposing deep divide in the far right Zionist regime of Israel and sparking protests.

In a letter that Netanyahu’s Office said was handed to Gallant during an 8 p.m. meeting, the Israeli Prime Minister informed him that his tenure would end “48 hours from the receipt of this letter.”

Interestingly, Netanyahu fired Gallant even as a massive protest is ongoing across Israel demanding him to quit as Prime Minister.

His decision to sack Gallant has sparked fresh protests in Tel Aviv and other cities of Israel.

Politically motivated move: Watchdogs

Meanwhile, the Israel Democracy Guard and the Movement for Quality Government (MQG) have filed petitions to the High Court of Justice against Defence Minister Yoav Gallant’s dismissal, according to The Times of Israel.

“The firing of the defense minister in the midst of a war, and while the State of Israel is under an unprecedented multifront threat, was made out of ulterior and narrow political motives,” the report says citing MQG.

The Israel Democracy Guard has demanded that the court freeze Gallant’s dismissal until a ruling on its petition, the newspaper said.

Following his dismissal, Gallant issued a one-line statement of his own, writing on X that “the security of the State of Israel always was, and will always remain, my life’s mission.”

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