Replacing Yoav Gallant with former foreign minister Israel Katz could be a face-saving move Israeli politics took a sudden turn on the day of the US presidential election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed his defense minister, Yoav Gallant. Netanyahu announced his decision to appoint Foreign Minister Israel Katz as the new defense minister. Gideon Sa’ar, a former member of Netanyahu’s Likud party and now the leader of the political platform New Hope, has been appointed as Israel’s