Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz pushed back on Monday against reports that he was visiting the United States against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wishes.
Gantz, a centrist political figure and one of Netanyahu’s chief rivals, is in Washington, D.C., for meetings with senior U.S. officials, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, national security adviser Jake Sullivan, and others. He made the trip despite Netanyahu vehemently opposing him doing so.
Asked if the U.S. should be dealing with him instead of Netanyahu by reporters in the Capitol on Monday, Gantz replied, “No, no, no, Israel has a prime minister, and everything is OK.”
Gantz told the Washington
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