The Other Benjamin: Will Israeli politics be saved by one more general?

Lt.-Gen. (res.) Benny Gantz is shining in the polls, but expectations that he will help unseat Netanyahu defy the laws of Israeli political gravity .

Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz served as IDF chief of staff from February 14, 2011 to February 16, 2015

Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz served as IDF chief of staff from February 14, 2011 to February 16, 2015

(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)

DECEMBER 22, 2018 00:58

Updated: DECEMBER 27, 2018 19:15

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