Blue and White Party leader MK Benny Gantz held a security assessment with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening, in which he said he expressed firm support for the joint Israel-US Operation Roaring Lion against Iran and called to topple the regime.
“I made it clear to the prime minister: you have my full backing,” Gantz said after the meeting.
He added that "the entire people of Israel are united" behind the goal to topple the Iranian regime.
Gantz also called for Israel to move forward in full force with its military campaign to "create conditions" for the fall of the Iranian regime.
“This will not happen in a single day,” Gantz explained. “It may take several weeks in 2026, but it will change reality for generations to come.”
Gantz calls on Israel to come together
“If there is a real opportunity for change in Iran and stemming from it, we need to be there to stand behind the Iranian people and not allow the regime to regain control and return to threatening the entire region and us,” he said.
“This is a test of strategic coordination with our ally, the United States, with the countries of the region and the international community abroad. It is also a test of determination and unity at home," Gantz added.
Gantz called for the country to come together during the war and to remain united afterwards as well.
“When Israel is determined and united, it prevails; that is true in these days, and it is important that we remember it in the days after as well.”Gantz stated after the meeting that he left it “knowing that Israel is doing the right thing for the future of our children.”
The Blue and White leader’s support joins the various other opposition party leaders who have expressed their full backing to Netanyahu for the operation against Iran.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) also met with Netanyahu on Monday for a security assessment, where he expressed his full support for the campaign.
“I told the prime minister that all of Israel is united behind the operation,” Lapid said after the meeting.
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett has also voiced support for the government’s operation against Iran in recent days. Bennett is a leading rival candidate against Netanyahu in the upcoming elections.