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Israel’s Gantz keeps eye on premiership

Defense Minister Benny Gantz' statements and actions of the past few weeks indicate that he has matured politically and is still hoping to be premier one day.

Benny Gantz, Yaid Laid and Naftali Bennett
(R to L) Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his alternate, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, converse while Defense Minister Benny Gantz looks on in the Knesset chamber after a special session to vote on a new government at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 13, 2021. — EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images

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