Yoav Gallant: “Israeli submarines act in unknown locations places… playing critical joint operational roles” with other arms of the IDF for many years.
Gallant overrode Smotrich and instructed that the outpost built in memory of Rabbi Haim Drukman be razed.
Bezalel Smotrich is a minister within the Defense Ministry and was given authority over the West Bank.
MIDDLE ISRAEL: Yoav Gallant can be suitable for understanding the changing battlefield's demands but he is a poor politician.
INSIDE POLITICS: The new government spent its first week initiating its promised reforms and causing its prime minister no shortage of headaches.
Gallant emphasized the importance of the special ties between Israel and the United States, which are based on shared values and interests.
In addition to Iran and the West Bank, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant will need to deal with other problems: Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.
Maj.-Gen. (res.) Eyal Zamir was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pick for IDF chief of staff, though the role went to Herzi Halevi.
Will this be Yoav Gallant and Benjamin Netanyahu's best chance to redo their missed opportunity in 2010 and attack Iran?
New FADC Chairman Yoav Gallant, who was just appointed last week, called for the special hearing following a series of recent terror attacks, including within the Green Line.