Gabi Ashkenazi

Who might be the next defense minister?

Likud officials reveal interest in Gideon Sa’ar joining the coalition to strengthen Netanyahu against Ben-Gvir.

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during an session in the plenum hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 10, 2024
National Unity leader MK Benny Gantz speaks during a Knesset faction meeting on May 29, 2023

Did Gantz deliver heavy blow to IDF reservist-quitting movement? - analysis

 GADI EISENKOT waves at the launch of the National Unity Party election campaign, in Tel Aviv, earlier this month.

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Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset.

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Gabi Ashkenazi: Assessing the legacy of Israel's foreign minister

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Despite being kept in the dark by Netanyahu about the Abraham Accords, the former IDF chief of staff was able make an impact at the Foreign Ministry

FOREIGN MINISTER Gabi Ashkenazi greets his Bahraini counterpart at Ben-Gurion Airport in November.

Lithuania promotes a false Holocaust narrative - opinion

Addressing the elephant in the room.

A monument honoring the victims of the Ponary massacre near Vilnius, Lithuania

Ashkenazi, Lithuania FM slammed for not addressing ‘Holocaust distortion’

“This is like saying to Ku Klux Klan that they improve race relations in the US.”

Simon Wiesenthal Center Director Efraim Zuroff attends a protest against the annual procession commemorating the Latvian Waffen-SS (Schutzstaffel) unit, also known as the Legionnaires, in Riga March 16, 2014. (REUTERS/Ints Kalnins)

Ashkenazi, Palestinian FM were invited to launch talks in Cairo

Ashkenazi was unable to attend due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Israel's new Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi

Science and Technology Minister Izhar Shay leaves Blue and White

Blue and White down to 9 party members from 37

New Knesset member Izhar Shay poses for a picture at the Knesset, on April 29, 2019

Gabi Ashkenazi quits Blue and White, as party continues to unravel

Ashkenazi will not be quitting post as foreign minister. Benny Gantz credited him with helping to stop annexation of the West Bank.

DEFENSE MINISTER and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz speaks to Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on May 31.

Gantz, Ashkenazi violate COVID-19 quarantine regulations - report

The two did not enter quarantine despite knowing that they'd been in contact with Blue and White MK Hila Shai-Vazan, who was confirmed as infected last week.

Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz at the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020.

Two with one stone: Israeli FM signs deals with both India and Vietnam

"The goal of these agreements is to strengthen Israel relationship with these two countries, to advance it to new places."

The Israeli, Indian and Vietnamese foreign ministers, December 21, 2020.

Ehud Olmert to 'Post': Women need to take on leadership roles in Israel

A party that wants to change the nature of public discourse and present an attractive, different, hopeful and chance-creating alternative must change its composition.

WOMEN MKS – it’s past time for them to take on leadership roles.

Saudi prince slams Israel in panel with Ashkenazi

Ashkenazi took part in the panel on “new security partnerships in the Middle East” via video link from the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (R) and Bahraini Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani, December 2, 2020