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Gantz tries to block PM’s nomination for Yad Vashem chair

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Published: 24 November 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

The defence minister's challenge appears to block Effi Eitam’s appointment, after a global campaign against him

Gantz to oppose Netanyahu’s anti-Arab pick for Yad Vashem chairman (Haaretz)
According to Likud-Kahol Lavan coalition agreement, defence minister's challenge effectively blocks Effi Eitam’s appointment

Gantz unlikely to support Eitam for Yad Vashem chair (Jerusalem Post)
Sources close to Blue and White leader say he will only support a ‘statesman-like and apolitical figure.’

Effi Eitam is a deplorable choice to head Yad Vashem (Times of Israel)
MICHAEL MELCHIOR: The former lawmaker has espoused views about Arabs that violate the spirit of the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre's mission

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Australian Zionist leader and academics condemn proposed Yad Vashem chair (The Jewish Independent)

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