Israel’s Benny Gantz styles himself as a leader, not a politician
Former military chief aims for a centre-left coalition to oust Netanyahu after stalemate election
19 September 2019 - 15:52
Tel Aviv — Benny Gantz has little of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s worldly polish or flair as a showy ideologue — and that may be exactly why so many weary Israelis want the former general in top office.
A towering and laid-back former military chief, Gantz appears to have edged out the conservative Netanyahu in a Tuesday election, but not enough to win a governing centre-left majority in parliament led by his Blue and White party...
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