On paper, Gantz got a great deal for his meager election showing—but he traded away any good will and credibility he had with his voters in the process.
The sun had begun to set in Jerusalem, minutes away from the start of Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day, when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and General Benny Gantz announced they had signed an agreement calling for Gantz's Blue and White party to enter into a coalition with Netanyahu's Likud party. Closing this deal constitutes a moment of both tremendous accomplishment and great betrayal by Gantz. For Netanyahu, the occasion must have been bittersweet.
On the negative side for the veteran politician, there is now a date when Netanyahu will no longer be Prime Minister. Netanyahu will, however, be able to continue to live in a government provided house, after insisting the agreement call for official residences for both the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister.
According to Gantz, the agreement he signed will stop the ongoing attacks on the judiciary, replacing the current Justice Minister, who has waged war on the Justice system, with a member of Blue and White. The same is true for the Ministry of Culture, where the current Minister, Miri Regev has attempted to censor Israeli culture in ways found repugnant by many. It will also bring some more experienced and less ideologically driven individuals to other ministries.
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