The Defense Minister referred in a zoom conversation with activists to the supply of vaccines to the Palestinians, relations with Jordan and the opening of the education system • "It will take time to complete the missed school days"
Defense Minister and Blue and White Chairman Bnei Gantz last night (Friday) held a "Zoom" conference with his activists, during which he sharply attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the promotion of relations with Jordan: "Netanyahu is an undesirable figure in Jordan, and his presence interferes with the promotion. The relationship.
I have continuous contact with the king and other senior officials and it is possible to reach dozens of civilian collaborations. "
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On the struggle against Iran, the defense minister said: "We can not agree that Iran will reach a military nucleus, and we are working politically, economically and of course security to prevent it. I have seen in recent days that Netanyahu attributes Iran's treatment to himself - he is confused. Just as the vaccines that the State of Israel has are not its individual asset. "
He said, "There are many bodies that are involved in building our capabilities vis-à-vis Iran: the Mossad, the Foreign Ministry, the National Security Council and, of course, the IDF and the defense establishment. The Mossad's creativity is neither Bibi's development nor the IDF's determination.
We are building the offensive, defensive and also the intelligence response, and we will know how to defend the State of Israel.
"In order to prevent a nuclear Iran, it is very important to have a dialogue with the United States, with Europe and also with Arab countries that share this interest with us. Israel has close friendships in the world and must first work together with them."
Regarding relations with countries in the region and arms deals, Ganz said: "It is true that we are challenged by introducing new weapons systems to countries in the region, but we must remember that these are countries that are on our side. There is a peace coalition, and we must consider it and use existing alliances in the region. For details, that in the actions I took with the defense establishment abroad, we "guaranteed the qualitative advantage of Israel years ahead."
Regarding the supply of vaccines to the Palestinians, Ganz said: "We have a health interest, a political interest and a humanitarian interest in the Palestinians being vaccinated. First of all, there are more than 100,000 Palestinian workers who are in contact with Israeli citizens every day, and all Palestinians deserve to be vaccinated. "We are committed to helping them acquire vaccines from different places, and to examine any further possible assistance."
Gantz was asked about opening up the education system and said: "For me, education is in the first place, so we insisted that the first thing that was opened was early childhood education. I think middle and high schools should be opened immediately in green and yellow areas and that is the position I will express in government." It should be discussed today with the teachers' organizations to add a week of learning on Passover and two to three weeks in the summer. All this, while ensuring adequate compensation for teachers who work throughout this period through the zoom. It will take a long time, over a year, to complete the missed school days in Corona. ".