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Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel s military correspondent.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the swearing-in ceremony for the 24th Knesset, April 6, 2021. (Knesset spokesperson)
Plans to reform the Defense Ministry’s Rehabilitation Department to provide better care for wounded veterans came to a halt this week as political rivals Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz fought over the source of funding for the NIS 350 million ($108 million) proposal.
Earlier this month, the Defense Ministry unveiled its plans to improve the treatment for wounded veterans, dubbed “One Soul,” which would entail internal changes of its protocols, as well as require government approvals and some new legislation.
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David Horovitz is the founding editor of The Times of Israel. He is the author of Still Life with Bombers (2004) and A Little Too Close to God (2000), and co-author of Shalom Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin (1996). He previously edited The Jerusalem Post (2004-2011) and The Jerusalem Report (1998-2004).
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with then-Science Minister Ofir Akunis (L) at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting on December 22, 2019, at the Prime Minister s Office in Jerusalem. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
The “worst constitutional crisis in Israeli history,” as described Tuesday night to Channel 12 news by an unnamed “senior legal official,” has ended, not with a bang, but with a whimper.
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Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz has been shepherding Israel’s membership process in the forum, which is widely seen as having important political benefits to Israel as a group that brings it together with Arab states.
Steinitz dismissed Gamliel’s claims as “ridiculous” as the forum’s mandate is to deal with developing natural gas, not renewables,
Gamliel made known her objections Sunday, the last day for ministers to do so, saying in a letter to Cabinet Secretary Tzahi Braverman that the cabinet should discuss the charter’s failure to address climate change.