Gideon Sa'ar is an Israeli politician and is currently a minister-without-portfolio as part of the National Unity Party.
He was born in Tel Aviv, where he also primarily grew up. He holds degrees in law and political science from Tel Aviv University.
He is married to Israeli news anchor Geual Even with whom he has two children. He has two other children from his first wife, Shelly.
Sa'ar clerked as an aide to the attorney-general and then for the state attorney before swerving into politics in 1999, eventually winning a seat in the Knesset on the Likud's list.
After taking a hiatus from politics, Sa'ar returned in 2017 and in December 2020 announced the formation of his own political party, New Hope.
In Israel's 36th government headed by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid Sa'ar took the position of justice minister.
In the current government, Sa'ar sits in the National Unity Party, a merger between his own party and the party of Benny Gantz. Though having been a member of the opposition for most of the current Knesset's tenure, he and his party joined as part of an emergency government due to the war with Hamas.
From the Likud’s perspective, the move was a positive development, as it weakened both Gantz’s and Ben-Gvir’s leverage over Netanyahu.
Respondents were more open to the idea of Sa’ar joining the war cabinet than National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
National Unity leader Benny Gantz responded to the announcement made by MK Gideon Sa'ar on Tuesday, claiming he was aware of Sa'ar's general plans though not the particular timing.
Sa'ar is a long-time Likud member who left because of differences with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In his speech, Sa’ar stressed the link between Hamas’s extreme Islamist ideology and the outbreak of antisemitism worldwide.
"Magen David Adom teams continue to act with great dedication during routine and emergency times, while providing a medical response to anyone in need." - MDA Director General Eli Bin
"At this moment, it would be a mistake to disband the emergency government," he said, "but if I come to the conclusion the government is moving in the wrong direction, I will reassess my stance."
The different opinions in Benny Gantz's National Unity party have ministers Gadi Eisenkot and Chili Tropper on one hand and Gideon Sa'ar on the other.
Sa'ar''s statement came shortly following a barrage of over 50 rockets from the Gaza Strip into Netivot and the surrounding areas, reportedly from areas the IDF had left in the north of the strip.
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