Although Blue and White Chairman stated that he is not interested in confrontation with Netanyahu, "Israel Today" has learned that its advisers are opposed • Close associate: "He is not afraid"

• Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz // Photo: Yehuda Peretz

Although Benny Gantz stated that he was not interested in the confrontation to which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited him, in closed talks with his advisers, he actually expressed himself completely differently. "Israel Today" has learned that Benny Gantz wants a confrontation with Netanyahu, but his advisers are preventing him from confronting because they say he does not serve the blue-and-white campaign.

In Gantz's vicinity, "Israel Today" confirmed this. "In closed conversations, Benny did not completely rule out the confrontation with Netanyahu and was really not afraid. But he was advised not to be drawn to Netanyahu's spins, which were born because of the start of his trial. This will not serve the Blue and White campaign," they explained.

A white-blue official told Israel Today that "Gantz wants and is ready to confront Netanyahu, but his advisers are preventing it. They fear it will put him in a bad light and he is listening to them at this point in order to serve the campaign."

Yesterday, Benny Gantz held a press conference where, together with MK Yoav Segalovitz, he presented the Blue and White program to government corruption. He called on the party leaders to join him and prevent Netanyahu from breaking French law.

"Now that we have been denied Netanyahu's immunity, he wants one thing - to form a coalition that will allow him to pass a law that will prohibit bringing a prime minister to trial. What he calls - the French law. "I will call on all party leaders to pledge today that they will not give in to such a law. The government and the Knesset will never become a haven for delinquents."

At the end of the press conference when asked by Gantz by "Israel Today" why not to face a confrontation with Netanyahu, he said that "I will not come into conflict with Netanyahu - it is a spin, I do not work for him."

Benjamin Netanyahu commented on Gantz when he tweeted in his Twitter account: "Gantz is afraid of a confrontation and he knows why. Israel needs a strong leader and not a coward. Israel needs a strong right-wing government and not a government that rests on the joint list. If Gantz is afraid to confront the prime minister, how he will meet the biggest challenges Of the State of Israel, I repeat to Gantz: Come to confront me.