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Bennett's secret man on the right: Who are you, Tal Gan Zvi? | Israel today

2022-05-23T14:17:41.753Z


The prime minister's chief of staff who announced his departure was a very familiar name in the political system - but not to the general public • He has accompanied Bennett since it entered politics, and was by his side even when he did not pass the blocking percentage in 2019 • From the formation of a right-wing government - but eventually was one of the founders of the current government • In his environment testify that Gan Zvi left not only because of the feeling of exhaustion and family concessions, but also because he hoped that things in the government would be conducted differently


Tal Gan Zvi, who served as Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's chief of staff for the past year until announcing his resignation today (Monday), is one of the best-known names in the political system.

At the same time, until his last position he was a man not particularly well known to the general public.

Gan Zvi is a different figure in the landscape of the people who usually surround prime ministers in Israel.

He is indecent, the suit is unnatural, he maintains modesty, a man of execution.

He is known as a full-fledged religious Zionist, one who maintains contact with rabbis and owners of institutions in the sector.

From the very beginning, during the days of the Jewish home, Gan Zvi completed for Bennett the connection to the area and the people.

For more than a decade, Gan Zvi has been Bennett's secret man and confidant since he entered politics.

He served over the years as chief of staff in the various government ministries in which Bennett was a member, and he also stood by him when he was in opposition - and even in the difficult moments of the right, when it did not pass the blocking percentage in the 2019 Knesset elections.

He did not leave Bennett even in the difficult moments.

Tal Gan Zvi (Archive), Photo: Oren Ben Hakon

On top of that, he was the man who conducted the political negotiations for Bennett on almost all government trains in recent years, and was in charge of coalition funds.

Gan Zvi is a man who has a great influence on choosing people for the right-wing list after it was established, and some would say that he is the man who stood behind Bennett in all his political moves.

More than once, people who were close to Bennett's office said that "talking to Tal is like talking to Naftali."

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Gan Zvi is considered a first-rate executive in the political system. He is considered one who knows the legal tricks, masters the details, knows how to work with budgets and professionals in the Ministry of Finance, a man who knows how to close ends and deals Political.

After the last election, it was no secret that Gan Zvi tried to persuade Bennett to form a right-wing government.

Finally, he was one of the founders of the current government, along with Shalom Shlomo and the staff of Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, and also served in a senior position until his resignation.

The official reason for Gan Zvi's departure is that a decade in politics did his part, and he felt exhausted, this is because the intensive role required many personal and family concessions.

However, those around him testified that he would have liked things in this government to have been conducted differently.

Gan Zvi's retirement is a severe blow to the right wing of the Bennett-Lapid government.

The dedicated chief of staff was the axis behind the scenes for the actual maintenance of the coalition on the right.

Gan Zvi was the one who pushed for the convening of the IAEA and building permits in Judea and Samaria, he fought Shimrit Meir, Bennett's adviser until recently, an ideological and non-technical struggle for the government to move in the right direction in the face of Meir's attraction to the center.

What will happen to the government they lead?

Prime Minister Bennett and Foreign Minister Lapid (Archive), Photo: Yonatan Zindel / Flash 90

Gan Zvi's move is also expected to have a major impact on MK Nir Auerbach. When Auerbach was subjected to heavy pressure to vote against the government, what held him back was Tal's personal commitment. - and that Shaked is the only one who blocks him from doing an act.

Among one of his positions, Gan Zvi was the Haredi's axis for the government.

While approving the budget, he tried to close a deal with the ultra-Orthodox over budgets for the sector in exchange for their abstention from government votes, and in effect providing a safety net.

As mentioned, his departure is expected to undermine the ability of the right wing in general, and of Auerbach in particular, to produce achievements - and to justify their stay in government.

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Source: israelhayom

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