{"id":61197,"date":"2025-01-02T18:11:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T13:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=61197"},"modified":"2025-01-02T18:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T13:11:25","slug":"former-israeli-defense-minister-yoav-gallant-steps-down-from-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/former-israeli-defense-minister-yoav-gallant-steps-down-from-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant steps down from parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM: Former Israeli Defense Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/israeli-prime-minister-netanyahu-faces-icc-arrest-warrant\/\">Yoav Gallant<\/a> has resigned from the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, to end his political affiliation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>Gallant, once considered a close ally of Netanyahu, submitted his resignation after a series of controversies that strained their relationship. Last year, as defense minister, Gallant approved the conscription of 7,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews into the Israeli army following a Supreme Court ruling. The decision sparked a strong reaction in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions between Gallant and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/netanyahu-provisionally-approves-ceasefire-with-hezbollah\/\">Netanyahu<\/a> escalated over disagreements over the Gaza ceasefire, ultimately leading to Gallant\u2019s dismissal from office in November.<\/p>\n<p>Following Gallant\u2019s dismissal, Netanyahu issued a video statement explaining his decision, citing a breakdown in trust during the final months of Gallant\u2019s tenure, despite his initial cooperation in the early days of the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Gallant&#8217;s resignation has drawn attention to ongoing divisions within Israel&#8217;s political landscape, particularly regarding defense policies and military reform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM: Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has resigned from the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, to end his political affiliation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s government. Gallant, once considered a close ally of Netanyahu, submitted his resignation after a series of controversies that strained their relationship. Last year, as defense minister, Gallant approved the conscription [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":61198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[25419,25418],"class_list":["post-61197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-netanyahu","tag-yoav-gallant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61199,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61197\/revisions\/61199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}