HAWKISH DOVE

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21 Monday, February 11, 2019 m l Retired Gen. Benny Gantz may be the man to end Israel's rule over Palestinians. In Israel, an ex-gen. aims to gust Netanyahu AP "The heads of the terrorBY JOSEF FEDERMAN Palestinian family in OK from my point of view," need to THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dutch court.

Beilin said. ist organizations know that Ahmed forecast Jabari Opinion polls In Israel, the 2014 Gaza seen as war is generally JERUSALEM - Former was not the first, nor may he Netanyahu's having dealt a blow to Likud Party. But since military chief Benny Gantz be the last," Gantz warned.

Hamas, and Gantz's military Gantz's recent maiden polithas burst onto Israel's politiWithout giving details, he ical speech, his new "Israel cal scene as the great hope of record an electoral asset. vowed to "strive for peace" the country's shrinking Resilience" and - if that is impossible Driving home the point, he party has "peace camp" with a mesappointed Moshe Yaalon, emerged as No.

2. to shape a "new reality." He another The race could swing in sage that is anything but said he'd strengthen West former military Bank settlement blocs and dovish. the challenger's favor.

Nechief with hard-line political retain control of the Jordan tanyahu faces possible inThe retired general, who views, as his deputy. dictment in a series of corOpinion polls show Gantz Valley, a strategic section of wants to topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the occupied West Bank the even with Netanyahu when ruption investigations, perApril 9 elections, boasts of haps before the elections. it comes to fitness for prime Palestinians seek as the killing Palestinian militants minister and handling secuheartland of a future state.

Meanwhile, Gantz is reportedly exploring mergers with A TV ad for Gantz's party rity. About one quarter of and aligns himself with political hard-liners.

He fires other centrist parties. shows aerial footage of the Gantz's supporters formerly backed Likud or the allied Gantz appears to be modairstrike on Jabari's vehicle. back at Netanyahu's criticism with scathing counterKulanu party. A second ad shows images of eling himself after Ehud Political scientist Reuven attacks.

Hamas funerals and boasts Barak and the late Yitzhak Hazan said Gantz's tactics Rabin - former military In today's Israel, Gantz's of killing 1,364 "terrorists" in cater to widelv held views the 2014 Israel-Hamas war: ready-to-rumble rhetoric chiefs-turned-prime minAnother video - later appears to be the only way to isters.

Both used military among Israelis that internacredentials to lead Israel to deleted from YouTube tionally recognized Palestinbring down the long-serving ian President Mahmoud Abpeace negotiations with the Netanyahu.

That's turning featured drone footage of a devastated Gaza neighborbas is too weak to deliver him into an unlikely source Palestinians. hood flattened in the same results and that Gaza's of hope for Israelis who Wary of being branded a view ending their country's campaign. The ads ran with Hamas is a terrorist group.

"leftist," considered a putIsrael's electorate is down by many the slogan: "Only the strong rule over the Palestinians, Gantz has said little about mostly divided between the now in its 51st year, as The United Nations has wants to priority. his vision of peace with the right wing that Palestinians.

He dresses his Yossi Beilin, an architect said about two-thirds of preserve the status quo, a more than 2.100 Palestinians smaller "extreme right" that rhetoric in security terms as of the 1993 interim peace accords with the Palestinkilled in the 2014 war were wants to annex occupied he tries to win support from lands, and the center, which Netanyahu's nationalist ians, said fear of another civilians.

Among the dead wants to find some sort of were many civilians killed in Netanyahu term is driving much airstrikes on homes where of the support for way to change the situation, In his January speech, Gantz. He called Gantz a Hazan said.

Gantz bragged about assasIsrael suspected militants to "Those who clearly stand "black dove" - an imperfect sinating Ahmed Jabari, a be hiding. but tolerable alternative to up and say two-state solureport has said commander whose death in Netanyahu. tion, we have to uproot Israel's actions may have amounted to war crimes. an Israeli airstrike in the settlements, they're not "Not that I agree with Gantz and Israel's then-air winning elections in Israel everything he says, but many Gaza Strip sparked an eightday war in 2012. of the things he is saying are these days," he added. force chief are being sued by

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