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Also Known As Benjamin Gantz
Born June 9, 1959 (age 65) • Israel

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Benny Gantz
Israel's war cabinet (October 2023–June 2024)
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The Man in Black
Yoav Gallant
Israeli defense minister
Yosef Lapid
Israeli journalist and politician
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
prime minister of Israel
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon
prime minister of Israel
Itamar Ben-Gvir
Itamar Ben-Gvir
Israeli politician
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion
prime minister of Israel
Bezalel Smotrich
Bezalel Smotrich
Israeli politician
Chaim Weizmann
Chaim Weizmann
Israeli president and scientist
Naftali Bennett
Naftali Bennett
prime minister of Israel
Tzipi Livni
Tzipi Livni
Israeli politician
Barak, Ehud
Ehud Barak
prime minister of Israel
Yair Lapid
Yair Lapid
prime minister of Israel
Isaac Herzog
Isaac Herzog
president of Israel
Avigdor Lieberman
Avigdor Lieberman
Israeli politician
Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert
prime minister of Israel
Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin
prime minister of Israel
Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres
prime minister and president of Israel
The first prime minister of Israel
Golda Meir
prime minister of Israel
Moshe Dayan.
Moshe Dayan
Israeli statesman
Gilad Shalit
Gilad Shalit
Israeli soldier