Israel’s Defense Minister Gantz Postpones Planned Visit to India

Israeli Protection Minister Benny Gantz has postponed a deliberate official go to to India, his workplace introduced on Monday. The explanation cited was the current killing of two Israeli Border Cops within the Naqab.

Nevertheless, Israeli media attributed the postponement of Gant’s go to to New Delhi to disputes with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

Gantz postpones go to to India following terror assaults pic.twitter.com/s6OtUuRY1N

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The go to ought to have began on Tuesday and was meant to mark 30 years of Israel-India protection relations. It will have included discussions between Gantz and his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh.

In response to the Jewish Information Syndicate, the discussions would have focused on “increasing and deepening cooperation” between the Israeli and Indian protection institutions.

Israel’s Prime Minister and Protection Minister have clashed over India’s go to. Prime Minister #naftalibennett is scheduled to go to India subsequent month, however earlier than that Protection Minister Benny Gantz has additionally introduced his go to to New Delhi.

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In the meantime, the Jerusalem Publish stated that Gantz’s go to to India would have pre-empted Bennett’s personal journey. This was interpreted broadly as a part of ongoing disagreements between them.

Bennett, it added, had already blocked Gantz from collaborating in a summit with Jordan’s King Abdullah and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

(MEMO, PC, Social Media)