Israel's Defense Minister has been dismissed! What happened?
On the evening of the local date, early this morning (date) Beijing time, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu released a video statement, announcing the dismissal of Defense Minister Gallant. Gallant warned that "moral darkness" has swept over the nation of Israel.
Netanyahu said: "In war, the prime minister and the defense minister need complete trust more than ever. Unfortunately, despite the 'highly effective' work in the first few months of the military operation, this trust between me and the defense minister has broken down in recent months."
以色列“阵前换将”
综合多家以色列媒体消息,当地时间11月5日晚上8点(北京时间今天凌晨2点),内塔尼亚胡在总理办公室的一次简短会议上“亲手向加兰特递交了正式将他解职的信函”。信中说,加兰特的任期将在 48 小时内结束。
遭解职后,加兰特先是在社交媒体个人账号发帖称,“以色列的安全过去是、未来也将永远是我一生的使命。”
当地时间11月5日深夜,加兰特又公开发表讲话称,他此次遭解职主要因为三方面与以色列政府高层存在分歧:
- Military recruitment
- Gaza ceasefire and exchange of detainees
- A national committee was established to investigate the attacks on Israel on May
Galant warned that "moral darkness" has swept over the state of Israel.
以色列外长接任国防部长
内塔尼亚胡的办公室发表声明称,内塔尼亚胡已任命外长卡茨接替加兰特担任以色列国防部长。
卡茨被任命为以色列国防部长
卡茨则在社交媒体个人账号上发帖称愿意接任国防部长一职。他还称,“我们将共同努力推动国防系统战胜敌人,实现战争目标:将解救所有被扣押人员作为最重要的任务,并消灭加沙地带的哈马斯,击败黎巴嫩真主党,遏制伊朗的侵略,让以色列南部和北部的居民安全返回家园。”
内塔尼亚胡昔日政敌转任外长
以色列政府不管部长、右翼政党“新希望”党领导人吉德翁·萨尔则转任外交部长。
吉德翁·萨尔转任以色列外交部长
萨尔曾是内塔尼亚胡领导的利库德集团成员,并先后担任议员和部长。2020年他挑战内塔尼亚胡的利库德集团领导权失败,宣布脱离利库德集团,并另组“新希望”党,还提出过罢免时任总理的内塔尼亚胡。
An analysis suggests that appointing Saar as Foreign Minister will strengthen his and his party "New Hope's" support for the fragile governing coalition, allowing Netanyahu to continue in power.
内塔尼亚胡政府与军方矛盾已久
正如内塔尼亚胡在当地时间11月5日晚发表的视频声明中所说,他与加兰特之间的矛盾早已不是什么秘密了。
拥有数十年军旅生涯的加兰特一直批评内塔尼亚胡处理与哈马斯和黎巴嫩真主党冲突的方式,还曾公开就内塔尼亚胡拒绝讨论停火和被扣人员交换协议向他提出质疑。
内塔尼亚胡则多次在举行重要内阁会议时将加兰特排除在外,还在10月1日晚伊朗大规模导弹袭击以色列后,阻挠加兰特的赴美行程。
甚至在官宣解职加兰特后,多家以色列媒体当地时间11月5日晚一度披露称,内塔尼亚胡还计划解雇以军总参谋长哈莱维和以色列国家安全总局(辛贝特)负责人罗南·巴尔。不过,这一消息目前已遭到内塔尼亚胡方面的否认。
防长遭解职后以色列国内反应
加兰特遭内塔尼亚胡解职后,曾在去年10月7日巴以新一轮大规模冲突爆发后与这二人组成以色列“战时内阁”、但后因与内塔尼亚胡矛盾难解而退出的以色列反对党“国家团结”党领导人、前国防部长本尼·甘茨在社交媒体发帖称,“这是以牺牲国家安全为代价的政治”。
另一以色列反对党“拥有未来”党领导人、前总理亚伊尔·拉皮德则称内塔尼亚胡此举“太疯狂”。
On the evening of the month, in Jerusalem and other places in Israel such as Tel Aviv, many Israeli citizens, including relatives of the detained personnel, took to the streets and gathered to protest the dismissal of Gallant. According to Israeli media reports, many relatives of the detained personnel believe that after Gallant's dismissal, the hope for Israel and Hamas to reach an agreement to secure the release of the detained personnel has become increasingly slim.
In late January, Netanyahu, who was pushing forward with judicial reforms, dismissed Gallant, who openly opposed the reforms, citing "security considerations." However, following this, Israeli citizens who opposed the judicial reform plan staged large-scale protests in multiple locations. In the same year, in February, Netanyahu was forced to announce that Gallant would remain as Defense Minister.
美称与以色列新防长继续合作
美国国防部当地时间11月5日发声明称,遭解职的加兰特一直是“值得信赖的合作伙伴”,“美国对以色列的安全承诺仍然坚定不移,美国国防部将继续与以色列新任国防部长密切合作。”