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2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards

Nina Gantz attending the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards at The Royal Festival Hall in London, England, on February 16, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards

Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper attending the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards at The Royal Festival Hall in London, England, on February 16, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards

Nina Gantz attending the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards at The Royal Festival Hall in London, England, on February 16, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(PhotoFlash)ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-WAR CABINET-DISBANDED

(240617) -- TEL AVIV, June 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- File photo taken on Nov. 18, 2023 shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (C), former Israeli Defense Minister and leader of the National Unity Party Benny Gantz at a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli media reported on June 17, 2024 that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the security cabinet Sunday night that the war cabinet, which was created on Oct. 11, has been officially disbanded. (JINI/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(PhotoFlash)ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-WAR CABINET-DISBANDED

(240617) -- TEL AVIV, June 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- File photo taken on Nov. 18, 2023 shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (C), former Israeli Defense Minister and leader of the National Unity Party Benny Gantz at a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli media reported on June 17, 2024 that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the security cabinet Sunday night that the war cabinet, which was created on Oct. 11, has been officially disbanded. (JINI/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz resigns from gov't, calls for new elections

STORY: Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz resigns from gov't, calls for new elections SHOOTING TIME: June 9, 2024 DATELINE: June 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. footage of Benny Gantz speaking at a televised press conference on Sunday 2. file footage of Israeli army in Gaza (courtesy of Israeli army) 3. file of Benny Gantz with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (courtesy of Government Press Office of Israel) STORYLINE: Israel's centrist War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's emergency government on Sunday and called for new elections. In response, Netanyahu released a statement saying that "Israel is in an existential war on several fronts. Benny, this is not the time to abandon the campaign." In a televised press conference, Gantz accused Netanyahu of prioritizing his political survival over a ceasefire deal that would secure the release of about 100

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Israel: Protesters Gather Outside Gantz Home Demanding His Resignation 5

Protesters flocked outside the home of Israel war cabinet minister Benny Gantz on Friday, April 26, demanding him to leave the government due to his failure to strike a deal with Hamas for the release of the hostages. Family members of those still held hostage were among the protesters. 2 people were arrested due to violation of public order.

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Israel: Protesters Gather Outside Gantz Home Demanding His Resignation 6

Protesters flocked outside the home of Israel war cabinet minister Benny Gantz on Friday, April 26, demanding him to leave the government due to his failure to strike a deal with Hamas for the release of the hostages. Family members of those still held hostage were among the protesters. 2 people were arrested due to violation of public order.

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Israel: Protesters Gather Outside Gantz Home Demanding His Resignation 7

Protesters flocked outside the home of Israel war cabinet minister Benny Gantz on Friday, April 26, demanding him to leave the government due to his failure to strike a deal with Hamas for the release of the hostages. Family members of those still held hostage were among the protesters. 2 people were arrested due to violation of public order.

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Israel: Protesters Gather Outside Gantz Home Demanding His Resignation 4

Protesters flocked outside the home of Israel war cabinet minister Benny Gantz on Friday, April 26, demanding him to leave the government due to his failure to strike a deal with Hamas for the release of the hostages. Family members of those still held hostage were among the protesters. 2 people were arrested due to violation of public order.

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Israel: Protesters Gather Outside Gantz Home Demanding His Resignation 2

Protesters flocked outside the home of Israel war cabinet minister Benny Gantz on Friday, April 26, demanding him to leave the government due to his failure to strike a deal with Hamas for the release of the hostages. Family members of those still held hostage were among the protesters. 2 people were arrested due to violation of public order.

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Israel: Protesters Gather Outside Gantz Home Demanding His Resignation

Protesters flocked outside the home of Israel war cabinet minister Benny Gantz on Friday, April 26, demanding him to leave the government due to his failure to strike a deal with Hamas for the release of the hostages. Family members of those still held hostage were among the protesters. 2 people were arrested due to violation of public order.

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Israel: Protesters Gather Outside Gantz Home Demanding His Resignation 3

Protesters flocked outside the home of Israel war cabinet minister Benny Gantz on Friday, April 26, demanding him to leave the government due to his failure to strike a deal with Hamas for the release of the hostages. Family members of those still held hostage were among the protesters. 2 people were arrested due to violation of public order.

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Blinken Visits Tel Aviv

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Benny Gantz in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 22, 2023. Netanyahu said in a statement he had told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that there was no way to defeat the Islamist movement Hamas without going into Rafah. "And I told him that I hope we will do it with the support of the U.S., but if we have to - we will do it alone," he said. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Visits Tel Aviv

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Benny Gantz in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 22, 2023. Netanyahu said in a statement he had told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that there was no way to defeat the Islamist movement Hamas without going into Rafah. "And I told him that I hope we will do it with the support of the U.S., but if we have to - we will do it alone," he said. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Meets With Benny Gantz - Washington

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Minister Benny Gantz at the Department of State in Washington, DC, USA, March 5, 2024. Blinken discussed with Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz in a meeting on Tuesday the need to act urgently to enable the delivery of humanitarian aid, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters. The two also discussed efforts to reach an agreement on a six-week ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, Miller said. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Meets With Benny Gantz - Washington

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Minister Benny Gantz at the Department of State in Washington, DC, USA, March 5, 2024. Blinken discussed with Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz in a meeting on Tuesday the need to act urgently to enable the delivery of humanitarian aid, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters. The two also discussed efforts to reach an agreement on a six-week ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, Miller said. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Meets With Benny Gantz - Washington

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Minister Benny Gantz at the Department of State in Washington, DC, USA, March 5, 2024. Blinken discussed with Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz in a meeting on Tuesday the need to act urgently to enable the delivery of humanitarian aid, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters. The two also discussed efforts to reach an agreement on a six-week ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, Miller said. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Meets With Benny Gantz - Washington

Handout photo shows Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Minister Benny Gantz at the Department of State in Washington, DC, USA, March 5, 2024. Blinken discussed with Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz in a meeting on Tuesday the need to act urgently to enable the delivery of humanitarian aid, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters. The two also discussed efforts to reach an agreement on a six-week ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, Miller said. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Returns to Middle East as Tensions Grow With Israel

Handout photo - Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with former Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 9, 2024. Photo by Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Returns to Middle East as Tensions Grow With Israel

Handout photo - Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with former Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 9, 2024. Photo by Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Urges Israel To Protect Civilians

Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Minister Benny Gantz in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 30, 2023. Blinken has told Israel that it must account for the safety of Palestinian civilians before resuming any military operations in Gaza, where a week-long truce has allowed the exchange of captives held by Hamas for Palestinians imprisoned in Israel. As negotiators from Qatar and Egypt were in difficult talks on Thursday for a new two-day extension to the pause in fighting between Hamas and Israel, the United States’s top diplomat made his third trip to the region since the Israel-Palestinian war began on October 7. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Blinken Urges Israel To Protect Civilians

Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Minister Benny Gantz in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 30, 2023. Blinken has told Israel that it must account for the safety of Palestinian civilians before resuming any military operations in Gaza, where a week-long truce has allowed the exchange of captives held by Hamas for Palestinians imprisoned in Israel. As negotiators from Qatar and Egypt were in difficult talks on Thursday for a new two-day extension to the pause in fighting between Hamas and Israel, the United States’s top diplomat made his third trip to the region since the Israel-Palestinian war began on October 7. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Macron Visits Middle East

French President Emmanuel Macron meets Benny Gantz (Knesset Member) in Jerusalem, Israel. Emmanuel Macron is traveling to Israel to show France's solidarity with the country and further work on the release of hostages who are being held in Gaza. October 24, 2023. Photo by Nicolas Messyasz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Macron Meets Benny Gantz - Jerusalem

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) listens to Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz (R) during their meeting in Jerusalem on October 24, 2023. Macron's visit comes more than two weeks after Hamas militants stormed into Israel from the Gaza Strip and killed at least 1,400 people, according to Israeli officials while Israel continues a relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip and prepares for a ground offensive with more than 5,000 Palestinians, mainly civilians, killed so far across the Palestinian territory, according to the latest toll from the Hamas health ministry in Gaza. Photo by Nicolas Messyasz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Macron Meets Benny Gantz - Jerusalem

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) listens to Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz (R) during their meeting in Jerusalem on October 24, 2023. Macron's visit comes more than two weeks after Hamas militants stormed into Israel from the Gaza Strip and killed at least 1,400 people, according to Israeli officials while Israel continues a relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip and prepares for a ground offensive with more than 5,000 Palestinians, mainly civilians, killed so far across the Palestinian territory, according to the latest toll from the Hamas health ministry in Gaza. Photo by Nicolas Messyasz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli PM, opposition leader agree to form "emergency unity gov't"

STORY: Israeli PM, opposition leader agree to form "emergency unity gov't" DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of IDF activities in Gaza 2. various of IDF strikes in Gaza 3. various of striking of the targets by the IDF STORYLINE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, an opposition leader and former defense minister, announced on Wednesday in a joint statement the formation of "an emergency unity government" and a war cabinet. The move brings Gantz's centrist party of National Unity to sit together with Netanyahu's ultranationalist-religious coalition government. Under the agreement, the war cabinet will consist of three members: Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Gantz, who was also a former chief of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Gadi Eizenkot, a lawmaker with the National Unity, also a former IDF chief, will act as an observer. Netanyahu agreed not to advance any bills unrelated to the o

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Chinese Culture Day celebrated at Chicago Field Museum in U.S.

STORY: Chinese Culture Day celebrated at Chicago Field Museum in U.S. DATELINE: May 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: CHICAGO, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of performances 2. pan right of audiences 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CALEB FELTIS, Champion of 2023 U.S. Midwest University "Chinese Bridge" Speech Competition 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DEBORAH BEKKEN, Director of the Field Museum's Gantz Family Collections Center STORYLINE: Some 80 American students gathered in the Field Museum in downtown Chicago early this week to have a taste of Chinese food and an in-person experience of Chinese culture on the Chinese Culture Day jointly hosted by the Chinese Consulate in Chicago and the Field Museum. Several teenagers performed Chinese Kongfu on a makeshift platform in the museum's central hall. The performance received acclaim from both event participants and bystanders. Chinese traditional instruments, Chinese folk dance, Peking Opera, and Tai Chi dance all took turns on stage. Aside from the

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ISRAEL-ROSH HAAYIN-ELECTIONS-VOTING

(221101) -- ROSH HAAYIN, Nov. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz casts his ballot at a polling station in Rosh Haayin, Israel, on Nov. 1, 2022. Israelis were heading to the ballots on Tuesday in unprecedented fifth elections since 2019, as the country is facing a lingering deadlock that has paralyzed its political system for almost four years. A total of 40 parties are running for seats in the Israeli parliament, or Knesset. (Yossi Aloni/JINI via Xinhua)

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Israeli-Turkish defense ministers meet for 1st time since 2010

STORY: Israeli-Turkish defense ministers meet for 1st time since 2010 DATELINE: Oct. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting STORYLINE: Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz visited Türkiye on Thursday for the first meeting between the two countries' defense ministers since 2010 after years of strain in bilateral ties. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met with Gantz in the capital Ankara, Türkiye's Defense Ministry said in a statement. The Turkish-Israeli relations were strained in 2010 when a Turkish-led flotilla attempting to break Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip clashed with Israeli forces, leaving 10 Turks on board killed. The two countries, however, have been working to mend their ties this year. In August, Türkiye and Israel decided to reappoint ambassadors, four years after they expelled each other's envoy after Israeli forces killed 60 Palestinians protesting on the Gaza border against the opening of the U.S. embassy in Je

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Turkish, Israeli ministers pledge to boost security, defense cooperation

STORY: Turkish, Israeli ministers pledge to boost security, defense cooperation DATELINE: Oct. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. various of the meeting STORYLINE: Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met with his visiting Israeli counterpart Benny Gantz on Thursday in Ankara. The two ministers have vowed to enhance bilateral security and defense cooperation. Akar told a joint press conference after the meeting that he and Gantz exchanged information and views on further development of stability, cooperation and security in the region. Akar said they both believed increasing communication and cooperation will help resolve disagreements on certain issues, particularly the Palestine one, adding that he and Gantz agreed to improve relations on these issues by taking advantage of existing experiences. Gantz, for his part, said the two countries must keep an open dialogue to sustain a consistent and positive approach to each other.

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TÜRKIYE-ANKARA-ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER-VISIT

(221027) -- ANKARA, Oct. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz visits Anitkabir, the mausoleum of the founder of Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara, Türkiye, on Oct. 27, 2022. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz visited Türkiye on Thursday for the first meeting between the two countries' defense ministers since 2010 after years of strain in bilateral ties. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-LEBANON-BORDER-MILITARY-PATROL

(221008) -- NAHARIYA, Oct. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Israeli troops patrol with their vehicles along the border with Lebanon near the northern Israeli city of Nahariya, on Oct. 7, 2022. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday instructed the defense establishment to prepare for any possible escalation with Lebanon hours after Israel rejected Lebanon's amendments to the U.S.-brokered proposal for demarcating a maritime border. Last week, U.S. energy envoy Amos Hochstein sent Israel and Lebanon a draft of an agreement on a maritime line between the two countries. The dispute concerns an area of some 860 square km of the Mediterranean Sea. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-LEBANON-BORDER-SEA-ROSH HANIKRA

(221007) -- ROSH HANIKRA, Oct. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Oct. 7, 2022 shows a sea view in northern Israel's Rosh Hanikra bordering Lebanon. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday instructed the defense establishment to prepare for any possible escalation with Lebanon hours after Israel rejected Lebanon's amendments to the U.S.-brokered proposal for demarcating a maritime border. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-LEBANON-BORDER-SEA-ROSH HANIKRA

(221007) -- ROSH HANIKRA, Oct. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli Navy vessel is moored at the Mediterranean sea in northern Israel's Rosh Hanikra bordering Lebanon, Oct. 7, 2022. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday instructed the defense establishment to prepare for any possible escalation with Lebanon hours after Israel rejected Lebanon's amendments to the U.S.-brokered proposal for demarcating a maritime border. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-LEBANON-BORDER-SEA-ROSH HANIKRA

(221007) -- ROSH HANIKRA, Oct. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A warning sign is seen by the sea in northern Israel's Rosh Hanikra bordering Lebanon, Oct. 7, 2022. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday instructed the defense establishment to prepare for any possible escalation with Lebanon hours after Israel rejected Lebanon's amendments to the U.S.-brokered proposal for demarcating a maritime border. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-LEBANON-BORDER-SEA-ROSH HANIKRA

(221007) -- ROSH HANIKRA, Oct. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli Navy vessel is moored at the Mediterranean sea in northern Israel's Rosh Hanikra bordering Lebanon, Oct. 7, 2022. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday instructed the defense establishment to prepare for any possible escalation with Lebanon hours after Israel rejected Lebanon's amendments to the U.S.-brokered proposal for demarcating a maritime border. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)

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Israeli elections committee bars Arab party from running in upcoming elections

STORY: Israeli elections committee bars Arab party from running in upcoming elections DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jerusalem street views 2. various of last elections STORYLINE: An Israeli-Arab party was disqualified from running in the country's November elections over allegations of promoting an anti-Israel agenda. With nine members voting in favor and five against, Israel's Central Elections Committee said in a statement that it accepted the request to disqualify Balad on the basis that the party allegedly supports the cancellation of Israel as "a Jewish and democratic state." Balad, acronyms in Hebrew for "National Democratic Alliance," announced in a separate statement that it will appeal to the Supreme Court against the decision. Sami Abu Shehadeh, the party leader, denounced the decision as "an attempt by (Defense Minister Benny) Gantz and (caretaker Prime Minister Yair) Lapid to engineer an Arab leadership according to t

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Israeli paratroopers hold exercises

STORY: Israeli paratroopers hold exercises DATELINE: Sept. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:37 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. paratroopers STORYLINE: Israeli paratroopers of the Paratroopers Brigade took part in a military exercise at the Palmachim Air Force Base near Rishon LeZion, Israel, on Tuesday. Paratroopers Brigade has been considered an elite troop of Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Both Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Chief-of-Staff of the Israeli army Aviv Kochavi have served in the brigade. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jerusalem. (XHTV)

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Japan-Israel defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada (R) shakes hands with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Gantz before their talks in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2022.

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Japan-Israel defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada (R) shakes hands with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Gantz after signing a memorandum on bilateral defense cooperation in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2022.

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ISRAEL-RAMAT GAN-NEW THREE-WAY ALLIANCE-PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

(220814) -- RAMAT GAN, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Benny Gantz (C), Israel's defense minister and leader of the centrist alliance Blue and White, and Gideon Sa'ar (R), the justice minister and leader of the right-wing New Hope party, and former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot attend a joint press conference in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Aug. 14, 2022. The former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot announced on Sunday that he has joined the alliance of two government ministers to run for the November parliamentary elections. The new three-way alliance will be headed by Gantz, with Sa'ar as his second and Eisenkot in the third place. (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RAMAT GAN-NEW THREE-WAY ALLIANCE-PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

(220814) -- RAMAT GAN, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Benny Gantz (C), Israel's defense minister and leader of the centrist alliance Blue and White, and Gideon Sa'ar (R), the justice minister and leader of the right-wing New Hope party, and former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot attend a joint press conference in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Aug. 14, 2022. The former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot announced on Sunday that he has joined the alliance of two government ministers to run for the November parliamentary elections. The new three-way alliance will be headed by Gantz, with Sa'ar as his second and Eisenkot in the third place. (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RAMAT GAN-NEW THREE-WAY ALLIANCE-PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

(220814) -- RAMAT GAN, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Benny Gantz (C), Israel's defense minister and leader of the centrist alliance Blue and White, and Gideon Sa'ar (R), the justice minister and leader of the right-wing New Hope party, and former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot attend a joint press conference in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Aug. 14, 2022. The former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot announced on Sunday that he has joined the alliance of two government ministers to run for the November parliamentary elections. The new three-way alliance will be headed by Gantz, with Sa'ar as his second and Eisenkot in the third place. (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RAMAT GAN-NEW THREE-WAY ALLIANCE-PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

(220814) -- RAMAT GAN, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Benny Gantz (1st L), Israel's defense minister and leader of the centrist alliance Blue and White, speaks at a joint press conference with former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot (2nd L) and Gideon Sa'ar, the justice minister and leader of the right-wing New Hope party, in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Aug. 14, 2022. The former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot announced on Sunday that he has joined the alliance of two government ministers to run for the November parliamentary elections. The new three-way alliance will be headed by Gantz, with Sa'ar as his second and Eisenkot in the third place. (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RAMAT GAN-GANTZ-SAAR-JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE

(220711) -- RAMAT GAN, July 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Benny Gantz (R), Israel's defense minister and leader of the centrist Blue and White party, and Gideon Sa'ar, justice minister and leader of the right-wing New Hope party attend a joint press conference in central Israeli city of Ramat Gan on July 10, 2022. Leaders of two parties in Israel's outgoing coalition government announced on Sunday that they would run jointly in the upcoming national elections. Benny Gantz and Gideon Sa'ar called in a joint statement for a centrist unity government with Gantz at the helm that would "say no to extremism." (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RAMAT GAN-GANTZ-SAAR-JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE

(220711) -- RAMAT GAN, July 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Benny Gantz (R), Israel's defense minister and leader of the centrist Blue and White party, and Gideon Sa'ar, justice minister and leader of the right-wing New Hope party attend a joint press conference in central Israeli city of Ramat Gan on July 10, 2022. Leaders of two parties in Israel's outgoing coalition government announced on Sunday that they would run jointly in the upcoming national elections. Benny Gantz and Gideon Sa'ar called in a joint statement for a centrist unity government with Gantz at the helm that would "say no to extremism." (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)

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Israel successfully tests new laser-based air defense system

STORY: Israel successfully tests new laser-based air defense system DATELINE: April 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. Rocket interception 2. Laser system 3. Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the site of the laser system 4. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew): BENNY GANTZ, Israeli Defense Minister 5. Motor interceptions 6. UAV interception STORYLINE: Israel has successfully completed the first tests of a new laser-based system designed to intercept drones, missiles and other aerial threats, Israel's Defense Ministry said on Thursday. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew): BENNY GANTZ, Israeli Defense Minister "For the first time ever a powerful laser system, from an Israeli development, has intercepted distant targets. This achievement is because of Israeli innovation, the defense establishment, and the industries that have come together to provide security and defense for the citizens of Israel." In the first-phase tests, the system was able, for the first time, to intercept drones, mortars, rocket

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Israeli defense minister meets U.S. secretary of state

STORY: Israeli defense minister meets U.S. secretary of state DATELINE: March 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: various of the meeting STORYLINE: Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Sunday met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jerusalem. "Your visit during these challenging times shows the great bond between our two countries, which is not just declarative but also in actual deeds," said Gantz. Also on Sunday, Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, President Isaac Herzog, and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. On Monday, Lapid will host Blinken and foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Egypt in Sde Boker, a kibbutz in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jerusalem. (XHTV)