The match between Gallant and Smotrich does not go easily:
the explosion last Friday surrounding the evacuation of the "Or Haim" outpost was only part of the disputes between the parties in the past two weeks.
"Israel Hayom" learned that on Thursday there was even a three-way phone call between Gallant, Smotrich and Netanyahu that even reached high tones.
The ongoing dispute since the formation of the government between the Minister of Defense and the Minister in the Ministry of Defense is over the issue of the distribution of powers.
While Smotrich demands to speed up the steps set forth in the coalition agreements that are supposed to transfer to his authority all handling of civilian life in the Yash, Gallant finds it difficult to relinquish the powers that have so far been reserved for the Minister of Defense.
The Minister of Defense, MK Yoav Galant, with the Minister of Finance and the Minister in the Ministry of Defense, MK Bezalel Smutritz, in their meeting with the Coordinator of Government Operations in the Territories Major General Rasan Elian (archive), photo: no
Israel Hayom learned that last Thursday, Smotrich demanded the promotion of the establishment of the directorate, which should include all issues related to the management of civilian life in the Yosh. Gallant requested to be involved in the establishment of the directorate, among other things, in the distribution of standards and appointments, and Smotrich demands that Gallant not interfere in the matter at all Only after Netanyahu's intervention did Gallant issue a letter to the Ministry of Defense in which he seeks to advance the issue.
On Friday, one day after the difficult conversation, the evacuation of the outpost came and Galant tried to 'teach Smotrich a lesson', he did not inform him of the evacuation and ignored Smotrich's demand to delay the evacuation until negotiations.
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In the last three weeks, Smotrich, Galant and Netanyahu met three times in order to carry out an orderly distribution of work and powers within the Ministry of Defense.
Smotrich demands that the management of civilian life be taken out of the hands of the military system and maintained as a "normal" life in itself and not as a sub-system controlled by the military.
The army does not like the idea and Gallant tries to side with the army officials.
The Prime Minister tries to bridge the gaps, Netanyahu, Smotrich and Gallant (archive), photo: Oren Ben Hakon
During the meetings in the last three weeks, Gallant claimed that he needs to study the issue of removing civilian life from the military system.
Smotrich agreed to an interim period and the two even made summaries of how things would proceed in the interim period while updating and synchronizing, but this is not happening and the tension between the two is high.
Yesterday at the meeting of the heads of the coalition, Smotrich raised the issue.
Religious Zionism claims that Galant is sticking sticks in the wheels of Smotrich, but according to Smotrich's people, he has no complaints against Galant since the summaries were made in front of Netanyahu and he had to clarify the coalition summaries to Galant when he was promised the position of Minister of Defense.
Those around Gallant chose not to comment.
Officials at the Ministry of Defense say that these are procedures that take time due to the complexity of the matter, and not a deliberate delay.
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