When It Comes to the Gaza Strip, Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu Think Alike
Even as each accuses the other of being soft on terror.
March 5, 2019
When It Comes to the Gaza Strip, Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu Think Alike
Even as each accuses the other of being soft on terror.
As the April 9 Israeli elections draw near, the campaigns of the two front-runners for the premiership—the incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu and the former IDF chief Benny Gantz—have been striking a similar note: each claims that the opposing candidate is soft on terror, willing to make territorial concessions to the Palestinians, and reluctant to act toughly and decisively against Hamas. Haviv Rettig Gur argues that this rhetorical posturing obscures the fact that the two candidates fundamentally agree on their approach toward Gaza:
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