PM Netanyahu Responded to an Earlier Blue-White Speaker Who Said to Run for Sovereignty • "I'm glad you finally decided to support my initiative, I look forward to your and the party's full support during this historic"

• Netanyahu, Gantz // Photos: Ziv Koren, Elad Malka

After midday (Tuesday), MK Benny Gantz said he would work for the sovereignty of the valley, Prime Minister Netanyahu answered. "I will test you very soon."

In a tweet on his Twitter account, Netanyahu said: "Gantz, I'm glad you finally decided to support my initiative to apply Israeli law on the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea. I look forward to your full support of you and the Blue and White during this history. I will test you very soon."

Earlier today, Netanyahu said: "Why wait for the elections if sovereignty can be applied to the Jordan Valley right now, with broad agreement in the Knesset?"

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Netanyahu has attacked Chairman Blue and White for his alleged dependence on the joint list "Benny Gantz, I look forward to your response tonight, unless Ahmed Tibi puts you in veto."

Benny Gantz: "After the elections - we will work to apply sovereignty over the Jordan Valley" // Photo: Ami Shamir

Gantz replied, according to Netanyahu: "We will discuss immunity first, then govern sovereignty." Earlier, chairman of the Blue and White Party toured the Northern Dead Sea Scrolls Council in the Jordan Valley, along with former Blue and White leadership, former Defense Minister MK Moshe (Boogie) Ya'alon, Councilor Arie Cohen and Knesset Member Orna Barbai, Yoaz Handel and Alon Schuster.

"This is our second, perhaps third, visit to the Jordan Valley, and we reiterate that the Jordan Valley is Israel's eastern defensive wall in any future scenario," Gantz said, adding that "governments that have previously tried to restore it have made a serious security strategic mistake. As an integral part of the State of Israel. "

Despite criticism and controversy within the Blue and White Party, it appears that Chairman Gantz has decided on the diplomatic line to take if he is elected in the next election. "After the elections, we will work to apply sovereignty over the Jordan Valley, we will do so during an agreed national and in coordination with the international community. Until then, we will make sure to develop this space. "

In his remarks, Gantz earlier stung Netanyahu for neglecting the fate of territories such as Horn and Naharim, which were recently returned to Jordan. "There must be no other incidents like the loss of a horn and a river, a serious phenomenon that occurred mainly because of the ongoing political neglect between us and Jordan. We will make sure to develop the Jordan Valley, the agricultural infrastructure, the settlement, the tourism infrastructure, the physical infrastructure in this place. We have to move forward and we will move forward. "

When MK Gantz was asked about the US's intention to publicize the Trump administration's centennial plan, he replied that "I hope President Trump comes along and publish the program. It's been a few weeks. A lot of dramatic things are happening in the Middle East, I look forward to publishing the program." This is a change of approach, as until recently Gantz was reported to oppose the program's pre-election campaign and even warned that it was an election campaign intervention.

Also Gantz in the Annexes ... If this is the answer of blue-white to the hollow spin of the right - it indicates insecurity. And if that is the intention, unilaterally annex 40% of the territories and eliminate any chance of a settlement - this indicates a lack of logic. Don't know what's more serious. Either way, it makes it clear that left-center people have nothing to look for in blue and white.

- Nitzan Horowitz Nitzan Horowitz (@NitzanHorowitz) January 21, 2020

MK Nitzan Horowitz, chairman of the Meretz Party, who recently joined forces with the Labor Party, addressed the Gantz announcement on Twitter and attacked him for wanting to annex the Jordan Valley. "Also Gantz in the annexes ... If that's the blue-and-white answer to the hollow spin of the right - it indicates insecurity. And if that is the intention, to unilaterally annex 40 percent of the territories and eliminate any chance of settlement - it indicates irrational. Don't know what's more serious. Either way, it makes it clear that left-center people have nothing to look for in blue-white. "

Gantz to the citizens of the country deserves hope and not imitation - that's not how a prime minister is replaced.

Annexation is the elimination of any chance of democracy and peace. You've probably forgotten that there is life after the campaign, too. The pathetic attempt to grope a few voices from the right is not worth the ruin of the future of us all.

- Ayman Odeh (@AyOdeh) January 21, 2020

MK Horowitz also joined Joint Listing Chairman MK Ayman Odeh who also attacked Gantz on the Twitter network: "Gantz deserves hope and not imitation of citizens of the state," he said in a tweet, adding that "annexation "You've forgotten that there is also life after the campaign. The pathetic attempt to scramble a few votes from the right is not worth the destruction of all of us."

Daniel Roth-Avnery and Dan Lavie participated in the preparation