Yoav Galant said : "They found it appropriate to vaccinate police officers, airport employees and prisoners, and did not find it appropriate to vaccinate the teaching staff. This is a failure of the health system,"

israelnationalnews Wednesday, January 6, 2021 7:34:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “I will agree to shut down the whole school system if a general lockdown is decided,”

timesofisrael Tuesday, January 5, 2021 3:55:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant wrote : "You've returned to your Land and your home. The Jewish people welcome you!"

israelnationalnews Wednesday, December 30, 2020 9:53:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant announced : "I have been informed that I must enter isolation. I must leave,"

israelnationalnews Wednesday, December 23, 2020 7:20:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said ( about Samaria Division ) : "Esther's murder took place in a pastoral and beautiful place that I know well. As brigade commander of the Judea and Samaria Division, I was privileged to lay the first four caravans in Tal Menashe. Many years have passed since then, and the community and the entire area have developed into a thriving residential area. Yesterday the quiet was disturbed by a cruel and brutal murder. We must understand and remember who we are dealing with and act according to the verse, 'Doing work with one hand while the other holds a weapon.’ We will continue to live and establish settlement and education in all parts of Israel, with the right hand holding the sword, otherwise that same sword will be placed on our necks,"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, December 22, 2020 7:46:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "From the beginning of the partnership with Blue and White, it didn't go well. I hope that they come to their senses at the last minute,"

israelnationalnews Thursday, December 17, 2020 12:18:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “What I see is a great deal of embarassment on the Iranian side,”

independent-ie Tuesday, December 8, 2020 6:05:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant insisted : “the numbers presented here are not correct and not transparent,”

timesofisrael Tuesday, December 8, 2020 4:17:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "We will find all the tools at our disposal to give Israeli students a worthy and real opportunity to succeed,"

haaretz Tuesday, December 8, 2020 12:03:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant insisted : “the numbers presented here are not correct and not transparent,”

timesofisrael Monday, December 7, 2020 9:04:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "We will find all the tools at our disposal to give Israeli students a worthy and real opportunity to succeed,"

haaretz Monday, December 7, 2020 4:07:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "We will find all the tools at our disposal to give Israeli students a worthy and real opportunity to succeed,"

haaretz Sunday, December 6, 2020 11:42:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "We will find all the tools at our disposal to give Israeli students a worthy and real opportunity to succeed,"

haaretz Friday, December 4, 2020 5:34:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "There are plenty of options open," "Netanyahu's suggestion to pass the state budget within the next two months is definitely realistic. However, the Blue & White party has, to date, been sabotaging the government. They are relating to the budget as if it were a political tool. If we can reach an agreement on the matter, we may yet manage to save the coalition"

israelnationalnews Thursday, December 3, 2020 9:02:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The aim is to find carriers of the virus before symptoms appear. Once symptomatic, most people have already infected other," "We are building capacity now and I believe we will reach 15,000 daily tests within a month"

ynetnews Sunday, November 29, 2020 9:36:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The responsibility to carry out the testing is in the hands of the Health Ministry which has not yet begun to do their spot checking," "Though I am not responsible for the medical tests, I've taken upon myself to move things along"

ynetnews Sunday, November 29, 2020 9:36:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Education must be a national priority," "We see how other countries in Europe and elsewhere have decided to have schools open even while keeping businesses closed"

ynetnews Sunday, November 29, 2020 9:36:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "If people don't behave responsibly, morbidity will increase," "We are doing everything we can to keep schools disinfected and to keep contagion outside"

ynetnews Sunday, November 29, 2020 9:36:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "We're taking a certain risk because we cannot be at home all day. The meaning of this is that in a few months we'll enlist children in the army without having done matriculation - is that what we want?"

israelnationalnews Wednesday, November 25, 2020 7:37:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Thank you to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Ministers for their support. For you, our dear students, all that remains is to prepare your schoolbag,"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, November 24, 2020 4:44:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “The very fact the meeting happened and was announced publicly, even if semi-officially for now, is a matter of great importance,”

tehrantimes Monday, November 23, 2020 11:59:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “This is something our ancestors dreamed of,” “The main thing is the warm acceptance of Israel by the Sunni world, the lowering of the whole hostile process”

WashingtonPost Monday, November 23, 2020 7:50:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant added : “This is something our ancestors dreamed about,”

nytimes Monday, November 23, 2020 6:19:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Let us say that the very existence of the meeting, the fact that it was put out publicly, even if it is only half-official at the moment, [is] a matter of great importance from any aspect and matter,"

cbs46 Monday, November 23, 2020 6:07:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “The fact that the meeting took place and was made public — even if it was in only a semiofficial way — is something of great importance,”

thehill Monday, November 23, 2020 5:51:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told : “The very fact the meeting happened and was outed publicly, even if half-officially right now, is a matter of great importance,”

guardian Monday, November 23, 2020 4:54:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told : "The very fact the meeting happened, and was outed publicly, even if half-officially right now, is a matter of great importance,"

bordermail Monday, November 23, 2020 4:45:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told : "The very fact the meeting happened, and was outed publicly, even if half-officially right now, is a matter of great importance,"

ynetnews Monday, November 23, 2020 2:44:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told : "The very fact the meeting happened, and was outed publicly, even if half-officially right now, is a matter of great importance,"

france24-en Monday, November 23, 2020 2:37:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told : "The very fact the meeting happened, and was outed publicly, even if half-officially right now, is a matter of great importance,"

yahoo-au Monday, November 23, 2020 2:18:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “I am delighted to be here in order to celebrate the inauguration of this new building for a yeshiva high school in Bruchin, together with my good friend Yossi Dagan, who has done so much to develop Jewish settlement in the Samaria region and specifically to advance the educational network here. This new building will serve all the students of the local communities and neighborhoods that have been established in the area in the last few years”

israelnationalnews Wednesday, November 18, 2020 3:46:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “The coronavirus presents us with a unique challenge one that I hope we will succeed in overcoming in the near future,” “Hopefully, by the time the next academic year begins, next fall, we will no longer have coronavirus to contend with. Vaccines are on their way, and I hope that they will enable us to rid ourselves of this disease for good”

israelnationalnews Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:07:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “The prime minister, because of the weight of the decision, asked for more time to think things through. Education is an issue of national importance, the closure of the institutions has not even slightly contributed in the last month to reducing morbidity,”

timesofisrael Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:41:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant told : “The prime minister, because of the weight of the decision, asked for more time to think things through. Education is an issue of national importance, the closure of the institutions has not even slightly contributed in the last month to reducing morbidity,”

timesofisrael Monday, November 16, 2020 12:54:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Our original plan is to return elementary school students to five days of schooling. Given the budget constraints and health conditions set by the Ministry of Health - I have decided that first through fourth graders will come to schools for at least four days a week, and there will be institutions where they will receive more than that"

israelnationalnews Wednesday, October 28, 2020 7:29:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "We will do whatever it takes to open the educational institutions in an outline that will be approved by the Health Ministry and budgeted by the Finance Ministry"

israelnationalnews Sunday, October 25, 2020 12:56:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "It is evident to all that we will have to respond to the educational gaps caused by the coronavirus pandemic as well as the needs of our students and we are preparing in advance to address these issues,"

ynetnews Thursday, October 8, 2020 2:31:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The world has been turned upside down," "At a time when two and half million students are locked down at home due to the virus, the attorney general under pressure from Blue and White has permitted mass demonstrations of 2,000 people as if there is no corona. This is outrageous"

israelnationalnews Thursday, September 24, 2020 5:55:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant wrote : "There is no real need to close the education system and changing a previous government decision will undermine the public's trust in the government," "According to Education Ministry data, the percentage of coronavirus illness among students in the education system is smaller than their relative part in the population, and therefore there is no real need to close educational institutions hastily and immediately"

ynetnews Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:14:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Special education is important and central, and you need to take an increased risk in order to take care of those children and we will do the best we can. With all due respect to the teaching staff, the children need daily therapies"

israelnationalnews Monday, September 14, 2020 10:12:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "It's out of proportion, and obviously it's better that they should not occur during the lockdown. But the Attorney General has clarified that there are a few basic rights that we cannot touch"

israelnationalnews Monday, September 14, 2020 10:12:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant wrote : "The education system and the students of Israel are our future and our advantage, they are not a cause of illness. The problem lies elsewhere and now is the time to address them, "

ynetnews Sunday, September 13, 2020 10:13:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I'm not a member of the Coronavirus Cabinet so my vote was not counted, but I opposed and I continue to oppose as a matter of principle the closure of ‘red cities’, which is also a fiction. It is a name and invention that produces something that does not exist in reality. Shutting down the education system is fundamentally wrong,"

israelnationalnews Thursday, September 3, 2020 7:17:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The school year opens for two and a half million students, contrary to all expectations. Once a decision was made, we act out of necessity of joint responsibly. We will also return the 130,000 students in the red cities to school soon,"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, September 1, 2020 7:48:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "We invested 1.4 billion shekels to open up and not to panic. I have not seen a scientific basis that there is a high infection rate in schools. I do not understand where the idea is that this will lead to mass infection is coming from,"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, September 1, 2020 12:37:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I thank the Prime Minister and my fellow ministers for adopting my position and the decision in the Coronavirus Cabinet to fully open the education system on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. The decision was made after a situation assessment and an orderly analysis of all the data and taking into account the recommendations of the professionals. Good luck to the students, the teaching staff and the general public in Israel,"

israelnationalnews Monday, August 31, 2020 2:04:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant told : "We'll leave all the problems to the adults to deal with - our children are more important,"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, August 25, 2020 1:15:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "the coronavirus epidemic has provided us with an opportunity to explore new teaching methods, as the old established method of having a teacher standing in front of the classroom is not possible to sustain at the current time"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, August 25, 2020 1:15:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told : “This is the track that will take us forward from now, unless a vaccine is found or the opposite, we collapse into a serious outbreak and everything closes, at which point the education system will in any case close as well,”

timesofisrael Monday, August 24, 2020 5:40:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "In the last 15 years, obesity among Israeli teens became one of the worst in the world, and so did prolonged sitting in front of screens and lack of movement and sports," "We will reward students who lead a healthy lifestyle through grades"

ynetnews Sunday, August 23, 2020 12:28:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "They sold the F-15 (fighter jet) to the Saudis years ago. We also didn't like that at the time," "But all these years, the United States maintained our qualitative edge. That means, when others had the F-15e, we had the F-15i - a grade above,"

middleeasteye Thursday, August 20, 2020 11:42:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant told : "Every balloon [bomb] harms our sovereignty and a threat,"

israelnationalnews Monday, August 17, 2020 12:12:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "We're missing four billion shekels, a billion and a half of them for after-school education. All of these things need to be immediately rectified. I and the Finance Minister understand that and are working to find a solution"

israelnationalnews Monday, August 17, 2020 12:12:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "Welfare for the people of Gaza is a first-class Israeli interest. Hamas has taken two million hostages - we will not allow Israeli citizens to be harmed. At present, this is an unresolved equation"

israelnationalnews Monday, August 17, 2020 8:57:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant clarified : "there will be no more than 18 students in a class, the rest in a different building or remotely"

israelnationalnews Monday, August 10, 2020 10:44:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “it will not be possible to enable full education for everyone,”

israelnationalnews Monday, August 10, 2020 10:05:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant says ( about Benny Gantz ) : “I’m calling for Benny Gantz to come tomorrow, pass a budget, so we can move forward,”

timesofisrael Saturday, August 8, 2020 10:43:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “Blue and White is not setting an agenda for the cabinet meeting because it does not want a budget”

timesofisrael Saturday, August 8, 2020 10:43:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “I think elections right now for Israel are not a good thing. So I see the opposition from Blue and White and I’m very concerned. Blue and White is not allowing us to come [to] the cabinet meeting as a result of them not wanting a budget,”

timesofisrael Saturday, August 8, 2020 10:43:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “We’ll be ready on September 1,”

timesofisrael Friday, August 7, 2020 1:55:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “It won’t be perfect. We can’t provide full studies for everyone. Not all protection measures will reach every place, and not everything will arrive on the first day of school,”

timesofisrael Friday, August 7, 2020 1:55:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "We will maintain this system throughout the school year unless a vaccine is developed earlier or God forbid, we go into lockdown,"

ynetnews Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:37:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I thank Prime Minister Netanyahu and members of the government for approval of the 'Learning in Security' plan which I presented to the government along with Ministers Yisrael Katz and Yuli Edelstein,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, August 2, 2020 3:30:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant wrote : “I have stopped the abolition of Sal Tarbut in the education system,”

timesofisrael Sunday, August 2, 2020 9:11:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "This is a groundbreaking plan on an international scale that was designed with the understanding that schools and educational facilities must be open and operational despite the coronavirus pandemic,"

ynetnews Wednesday, July 29, 2020 7:05:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "There is no justification for closing educational institutions,"

ynetnews Wednesday, July 22, 2020 8:15:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “The school year will open on September 1. Period,”

timesofisrael Tuesday, July 21, 2020 9:43:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I say here to the citizens of the State of Israel, the school year will open on September 1. Period. We have a plan, I sat for long hours with the Minister of Finance, he is a partner in the matter. I found partners in the local government and the teachers' union, as well as a Prime Minister who leads the process,"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, July 21, 2020 5:53:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The infection rate among children is six times lower than their share of the population,"

ynetnews Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:10:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The amount of infections in schools does not justify the closure step. One million children stuck at home have implications for the economic issue. There is no justification in terms of data. First give the parents a week to get organized and then close,"

israelnationalnews Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:08:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant tells : “We want to implement ‘half classes,'”

timesofisrael Wednesday, July 15, 2020 10:03:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant tells : “We want to implement ‘half classes,'”

timesofisrael Wednesday, July 15, 2020 8:31:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told : “We want to implement ‘half classes,’”

timesofisrael Wednesday, July 15, 2020 5:25:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant tells : “We want to implement ‘half classes,'”

timesofisrael Wednesday, July 15, 2020 5:25:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant tells : “We want to implement ‘half classes,'”

timesofisrael Wednesday, July 15, 2020 2:15:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “I’ll work to bring a fitting candidate for government approval as soon as possible”

timesofisrael Sunday, June 28, 2020 7:57:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “I’ll work to bring a fitting candidate for government approval as soon as possible”

timesofisrael Sunday, June 28, 2020 6:25:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “I’ll work to bring a fitting candidate for government approval as soon as possible”

timesofisrael Sunday, June 28, 2020 4:53:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “We all are required to put our shoulders to the wheel and do our part,”

timesofisrael Thursday, June 18, 2020 10:58:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The prime minister and cabinet ministers have adopted my position,"

israelnationalnews Thursday, June 11, 2020 11:54:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "If the school has a routine in separate buildings or compounds, partial opening will be considered,"

haaretz Friday, June 5, 2020 9:46:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "If the school has a routine in separate buildings or compounds, partial opening will be considered,"

haaretz Friday, June 5, 2020 7:16:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "If the school has a routine in separate buildings or compounds, partial opening will be considered,"

haaretz Friday, June 5, 2020 3:31:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "If the school has a routine in separate buildings or compounds, partial opening will be considered,"

haaretz Thursday, June 4, 2020 9:57:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "If the school has a routine in separate buildings or compounds, partial opening will be considered,"

haaretz Wednesday, June 3, 2020 2:31:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant wrote : “This will be an irresponsible blow to students, parents and teachers,”

timesofisrael Wednesday, June 3, 2020 12:03:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant wrote : “This will be an irresponsible blow to students, parents and teachers,”

timesofisrael Tuesday, June 2, 2020 11:39:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "If the school has a routine in separate buildings or compounds, partial opening will be considered,"

haaretz Tuesday, June 2, 2020 9:24:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Summer schools will operate this summer, until mid-August,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, May 24, 2020 6:05:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I trust the judges and the judicial system. I think they, too, are human beings, they live in their surroundings. In this respect, the judges ought to know what the public thinks. In the end, their decisions are accepted,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, May 24, 2020 7:54:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “I have this morning ordered a probe and inquiry that will have its conclusions presented to the ministry’s director general to prevent similar incidents in the future,” “Adhering to moral norms and students’ safety is a guiding principle for the education system”

albawaba-en Wednesday, May 20, 2020 10:10:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “I have this morning ordered a probe and inquiry that will have its conclusions presented to the ministry’s director general to prevent similar incidents in the future,” “Adhering to moral norms and students’ safety is a guiding principle for the education system”

timesofisrael Wednesday, May 20, 2020 3:10:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Adherence to ethical norms as well as the welfare of students should be the guiding principles of our educational system,"

israelnationalnews Wednesday, May 20, 2020 11:18:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I thank the Prime Minister for trusting me and I accept the role understanding the responsibility and importance of engaging in our children's future. Education to values and proper guiding the young generation in Israel are the best and most important investment in the country's future"

israelnationalnews Sunday, May 17, 2020 8:08:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “in view of the current protracted situation, the minister’s daughter, Or, who lives in Tel Aviv, moved to her parent’s house from the beginning of the closure, and until a return to normal”

timesofisrael Thursday, April 16, 2020 5:32:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “in view of the current protracted situation, the minister’s daughter, Or, who lives in Tel Aviv, moved to her parent’s house from the beginning of the closure, until a return to normal”

timesofisrael Thursday, April 16, 2020 12:39:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “in view of the current protracted situation, the minister’s daughter, Or, who lives in Tel Aviv, has moved to her parent’s house from the beginning of the curfew, and until a return to normal”

timesofisrael Thursday, April 16, 2020 4:34:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “The State of Israel is the home of every Jew. Even in these days, we are continuing absorption in compliance with the Health Ministry,” “I am happy and proud that we were able to… gradually airlift the remaining Falash Mura and unite them with their families in Israel… Even during the coronavirus, immigrants are welcome to Israel”

timesofisrael Tuesday, March 24, 2020 5:23:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “It was an honor to come and greet these incredible soldiers, who made aliyah from all over the world in order to serve in the IDF. I was extremely moved to see this example of Zionism at its best,”

timesofisrael Friday, February 14, 2020 2:17:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The State of Israel has an ethical obligation to allow the Ethiopian community, who serve in the IDF and contribute to all walks of life, to unite with their families who have been left behind,"

BBCMonitoring Monday, February 10, 2020 2:01:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant wrote : "Over the past two weeks, Hamas has been launching dozens of explosive devices using balloons at Israel - this is a terrorist act and a dangerous escalation,"

israelnationalnews Saturday, February 8, 2020 12:19:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant explained : "Israel is in a complex and sensitive period of security. This appointment does not serve the security of the state and therefore I will vote against it,"

israelnationalnews Saturday, February 8, 2020 12:19:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “There’s a lot of hypocrisy,” “They condemn you politically, while they ask you what your trick is, you Israelis, for turning blood into money”

middleeastmonitor Wednesday, January 1, 2020 12:59:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant told : “We will know how to reach all our enemies,”

timesofisrael Thursday, December 26, 2019 4:44:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I was there in the previous firing on Ashdod and since then, the person who fired is in hell. We will know how to reach all of our enemies. Given the situation in the Gaza Strip, we will end up with a significant campaign that will change the rules of the game, and unfortunately we are on our way there,"

israelnationalnews Thursday, December 26, 2019 8:54:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant explained : "Israel is in a complex and sensitive period of security. This appointment does not serve the security of the state and therefore I will vote against it,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, November 10, 2019 2:27:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "I will continue to do my best to help the prime minister and the security system to keep Israel safe,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, November 10, 2019 2:27:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant explained : "Israel is in a complex and sensitive period of security. This appointment does not serve the security of the State and therefore I will vote against it,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, November 10, 2019 2:27:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "I will continue to do my best to help the Prime Minister and the security system to keep Israel safe,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, November 10, 2019 2:27:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “But Israel is weighing the appropriate time,”

middleeastmonitor Monday, November 4, 2019 1:16:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told ( about Naftali Bennett ) : "I estimate that the Prime Minister understands the importance of the Defense Ministry, and will not appoint Bennett to the position,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, November 3, 2019 12:38:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “The Arab population sought housing solutions in Jewish communities, the result of which was one big mess. So, we expanded the municipal boundaries of Arab towns”

haaretz Thursday, October 31, 2019 7:57:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "China today is Israel's second largest trade partner in the world and the largest in all of Asia,"

xinhuanet_en Thursday, September 26, 2019 6:44:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "One doesn't attack an enemy when he's ready; we'll surprise Hamas so they don't know where it came from. We'll do it in a way that will push off future campaigns. But before going for it, all possibilities must be exhausted,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, September 15, 2019 8:30:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I take the enemy's threats seriously. The enemy must not be allowed to reach an advantage during routine times so that he can use it during wartime. We will not allow the establishment of an Iranian army in Syria. We will not allow this establishment in Syria"

israelnationalnews Monday, August 26, 2019 9:02:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant told : “Hamas will not determine the schedule. We will defend ourselves,”

timesofisrael Wednesday, August 14, 2019 9:45:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant told : “Hamas will not determine the schedule. We will defend ourselves,”

timesofisrael Wednesday, August 14, 2019 3:35:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "Hamas will not dictate the schedule - we will defend ourselves,"

israelnationalnews Saturday, August 10, 2019 11:00:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant concluded : "The Ministry of Immigrant Absorption is doing everything it can to enable these immigrants to adapt to Israel in the best possible way. We will continue to work energetically to encourage aliyah and to absorb thousands of additional immigrants this summer,"

israelnationalnews Wednesday, July 17, 2019 7:46:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “For the time being, Hamas is in control. I think it won’t stay forever,” “Eventually, there will be a better life for the Palestinians under a different regime and different government. For the time being, we have to keep them ‘above the water’, but make sure that Hamas isn’t too aggressive”

israelnationalnews Wednesday, July 17, 2019 3:24:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “Governments and generations have tried to help with the integration, we will have to bring it about with actions and not just words,”

jpost Monday, July 15, 2019 8:15:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Gideon Sa’ar’s remarks are inappropriate. I am opposed to the criticism of the Prime Minister and the cabinet,"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, May 7, 2019 7:07:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “The main problem to me is his gall to come and say ‘I’ll lead the State of Israel’ before he had even a moment in public life,” “I think this is impertinence. [You] don’t allow a [medical] intern to perform open heart surgery,”

timesofisrael Saturday, April 6, 2019 7:43:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant dit ( about la France ) : "Je condamne vigoureusement l’antisémitisme en France et en appelle aux juifs : rentrez à la maison , immigrez en Israël"

sudouest Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:36:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant dit : "La profanation (de ce) cimetière réveille les images de périodes sombres dans l’histoire du peuple juif"

sudouest Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:36:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant dit ( about la France ) : "Je condamne vigoureusement l'antisémitisme en France et en appelle aux juifs : rentrez à la maison, immigrez en Israël"

Europe1 Tuesday, February 19, 2019 7:10:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant dit : "La profanation (de ce) cimetière réveille les images de périodes sombres dans l'histoire du peuple juif"

Europe1 Tuesday, February 19, 2019 7:10:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant dit : "La profanation [de ce] cimetière réveille les images de périodes sombres dans l'histoire du peuple juif"

franceinfo Tuesday, February 19, 2019 7:04:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "They found it appropriate to vaccinate police officers, airport employees and prisoners, and did not find it appropriate to vaccinate the teaching staff. This is a failure of the health system,"

israelnationalnews Wednesday, January 6, 2021 7:34:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “I will agree to shut down the whole school system if a general lockdown is decided,”

timesofisrael Tuesday, January 5, 2021 3:55:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant wrote : "You've returned to your Land and your home. The Jewish people welcome you!"

israelnationalnews Wednesday, December 30, 2020 9:53:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant announced : "I have been informed that I must enter isolation. I must leave,"

israelnationalnews Wednesday, December 23, 2020 7:20:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said ( about Samaria Division ) : "Esther's murder took place in a pastoral and beautiful place that I know well. As brigade commander of the Judea and Samaria Division, I was privileged to lay the first four caravans in Tal Menashe. Many years have passed since then, and the community and the entire area have developed into a thriving residential area. Yesterday the quiet was disturbed by a cruel and brutal murder. We must understand and remember who we are dealing with and act according to the verse, 'Doing work with one hand while the other holds a weapon.’ We will continue to live and establish settlement and education in all parts of Israel, with the right hand holding the sword, otherwise that same sword will be placed on our necks,"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, December 22, 2020 7:46:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "From the beginning of the partnership with Blue and White, it didn't go well. I hope that they come to their senses at the last minute,"

israelnationalnews Thursday, December 17, 2020 12:18:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “What I see is a great deal of embarassment on the Iranian side,”

independent-ie Tuesday, December 8, 2020 6:05:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant insisted : “the numbers presented here are not correct and not transparent,”

timesofisrael Tuesday, December 8, 2020 4:17:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "We will find all the tools at our disposal to give Israeli students a worthy and real opportunity to succeed,"

haaretz Tuesday, December 8, 2020 12:03:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant insisted : “the numbers presented here are not correct and not transparent,”

timesofisrael Monday, December 7, 2020 9:04:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "We will find all the tools at our disposal to give Israeli students a worthy and real opportunity to succeed,"

haaretz Monday, December 7, 2020 4:07:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "We will find all the tools at our disposal to give Israeli students a worthy and real opportunity to succeed,"

haaretz Sunday, December 6, 2020 11:42:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "We will find all the tools at our disposal to give Israeli students a worthy and real opportunity to succeed,"

haaretz Friday, December 4, 2020 5:34:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "There are plenty of options open," "Netanyahu's suggestion to pass the state budget within the next two months is definitely realistic. However, the Blue & White party has, to date, been sabotaging the government. They are relating to the budget as if it were a political tool. If we can reach an agreement on the matter, we may yet manage to save the coalition"

israelnationalnews Thursday, December 3, 2020 9:02:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The aim is to find carriers of the virus before symptoms appear. Once symptomatic, most people have already infected other," "We are building capacity now and I believe we will reach 15,000 daily tests within a month"

ynetnews Sunday, November 29, 2020 9:36:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The responsibility to carry out the testing is in the hands of the Health Ministry which has not yet begun to do their spot checking," "Though I am not responsible for the medical tests, I've taken upon myself to move things along"

ynetnews Sunday, November 29, 2020 9:36:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Education must be a national priority," "We see how other countries in Europe and elsewhere have decided to have schools open even while keeping businesses closed"

ynetnews Sunday, November 29, 2020 9:36:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "If people don't behave responsibly, morbidity will increase," "We are doing everything we can to keep schools disinfected and to keep contagion outside"

ynetnews Sunday, November 29, 2020 9:36:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "We're taking a certain risk because we cannot be at home all day. The meaning of this is that in a few months we'll enlist children in the army without having done matriculation - is that what we want?"

israelnationalnews Wednesday, November 25, 2020 7:37:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Thank you to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Ministers for their support. For you, our dear students, all that remains is to prepare your schoolbag,"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, November 24, 2020 4:44:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “The very fact the meeting happened and was announced publicly, even if semi-officially for now, is a matter of great importance,”

tehrantimes Monday, November 23, 2020 11:59:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “This is something our ancestors dreamed of,” “The main thing is the warm acceptance of Israel by the Sunni world, the lowering of the whole hostile process”

WashingtonPost Monday, November 23, 2020 7:50:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant added : “This is something our ancestors dreamed about,”

nytimes Monday, November 23, 2020 6:19:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Let us say that the very existence of the meeting, the fact that it was put out publicly, even if it is only half-official at the moment, [is] a matter of great importance from any aspect and matter,"

cbs46 Monday, November 23, 2020 6:07:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “The fact that the meeting took place and was made public — even if it was in only a semiofficial way — is something of great importance,”

thehill Monday, November 23, 2020 5:51:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told : “The very fact the meeting happened and was outed publicly, even if half-officially right now, is a matter of great importance,”

guardian Monday, November 23, 2020 4:54:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told : "The very fact the meeting happened, and was outed publicly, even if half-officially right now, is a matter of great importance,"

bordermail Monday, November 23, 2020 4:45:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told : "The very fact the meeting happened, and was outed publicly, even if half-officially right now, is a matter of great importance,"

ynetnews Monday, November 23, 2020 2:44:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told : "The very fact the meeting happened, and was outed publicly, even if half-officially right now, is a matter of great importance,"

france24-en Monday, November 23, 2020 2:37:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told : "The very fact the meeting happened, and was outed publicly, even if half-officially right now, is a matter of great importance,"

yahoo-au Monday, November 23, 2020 2:18:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “I am delighted to be here in order to celebrate the inauguration of this new building for a yeshiva high school in Bruchin, together with my good friend Yossi Dagan, who has done so much to develop Jewish settlement in the Samaria region and specifically to advance the educational network here. This new building will serve all the students of the local communities and neighborhoods that have been established in the area in the last few years”

israelnationalnews Wednesday, November 18, 2020 3:46:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “The coronavirus presents us with a unique challenge one that I hope we will succeed in overcoming in the near future,” “Hopefully, by the time the next academic year begins, next fall, we will no longer have coronavirus to contend with. Vaccines are on their way, and I hope that they will enable us to rid ourselves of this disease for good”

israelnationalnews Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:07:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “The prime minister, because of the weight of the decision, asked for more time to think things through. Education is an issue of national importance, the closure of the institutions has not even slightly contributed in the last month to reducing morbidity,”

timesofisrael Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:41:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant told : “The prime minister, because of the weight of the decision, asked for more time to think things through. Education is an issue of national importance, the closure of the institutions has not even slightly contributed in the last month to reducing morbidity,”

timesofisrael Monday, November 16, 2020 12:54:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Our original plan is to return elementary school students to five days of schooling. Given the budget constraints and health conditions set by the Ministry of Health - I have decided that first through fourth graders will come to schools for at least four days a week, and there will be institutions where they will receive more than that"

israelnationalnews Wednesday, October 28, 2020 7:29:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "We will do whatever it takes to open the educational institutions in an outline that will be approved by the Health Ministry and budgeted by the Finance Ministry"

israelnationalnews Sunday, October 25, 2020 12:56:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "It is evident to all that we will have to respond to the educational gaps caused by the coronavirus pandemic as well as the needs of our students and we are preparing in advance to address these issues,"

ynetnews Thursday, October 8, 2020 2:31:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The world has been turned upside down," "At a time when two and half million students are locked down at home due to the virus, the attorney general under pressure from Blue and White has permitted mass demonstrations of 2,000 people as if there is no corona. This is outrageous"

israelnationalnews Thursday, September 24, 2020 5:55:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant wrote : "There is no real need to close the education system and changing a previous government decision will undermine the public's trust in the government," "According to Education Ministry data, the percentage of coronavirus illness among students in the education system is smaller than their relative part in the population, and therefore there is no real need to close educational institutions hastily and immediately"

ynetnews Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:14:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Special education is important and central, and you need to take an increased risk in order to take care of those children and we will do the best we can. With all due respect to the teaching staff, the children need daily therapies"

israelnationalnews Monday, September 14, 2020 10:12:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "It's out of proportion, and obviously it's better that they should not occur during the lockdown. But the Attorney General has clarified that there are a few basic rights that we cannot touch"

israelnationalnews Monday, September 14, 2020 10:12:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant wrote : "The education system and the students of Israel are our future and our advantage, they are not a cause of illness. The problem lies elsewhere and now is the time to address them, "

ynetnews Sunday, September 13, 2020 10:13:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I'm not a member of the Coronavirus Cabinet so my vote was not counted, but I opposed and I continue to oppose as a matter of principle the closure of ‘red cities’, which is also a fiction. It is a name and invention that produces something that does not exist in reality. Shutting down the education system is fundamentally wrong,"

israelnationalnews Thursday, September 3, 2020 7:17:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The school year opens for two and a half million students, contrary to all expectations. Once a decision was made, we act out of necessity of joint responsibly. We will also return the 130,000 students in the red cities to school soon,"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, September 1, 2020 7:48:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "We invested 1.4 billion shekels to open up and not to panic. I have not seen a scientific basis that there is a high infection rate in schools. I do not understand where the idea is that this will lead to mass infection is coming from,"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, September 1, 2020 12:37:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I thank the Prime Minister and my fellow ministers for adopting my position and the decision in the Coronavirus Cabinet to fully open the education system on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. The decision was made after a situation assessment and an orderly analysis of all the data and taking into account the recommendations of the professionals. Good luck to the students, the teaching staff and the general public in Israel,"

israelnationalnews Monday, August 31, 2020 2:04:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant told : "We'll leave all the problems to the adults to deal with - our children are more important,"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, August 25, 2020 1:15:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "the coronavirus epidemic has provided us with an opportunity to explore new teaching methods, as the old established method of having a teacher standing in front of the classroom is not possible to sustain at the current time"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, August 25, 2020 1:15:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told : “This is the track that will take us forward from now, unless a vaccine is found or the opposite, we collapse into a serious outbreak and everything closes, at which point the education system will in any case close as well,”

timesofisrael Monday, August 24, 2020 5:40:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "In the last 15 years, obesity among Israeli teens became one of the worst in the world, and so did prolonged sitting in front of screens and lack of movement and sports," "We will reward students who lead a healthy lifestyle through grades"

ynetnews Sunday, August 23, 2020 12:28:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "They sold the F-15 (fighter jet) to the Saudis years ago. We also didn't like that at the time," "But all these years, the United States maintained our qualitative edge. That means, when others had the F-15e, we had the F-15i - a grade above,"

middleeasteye Thursday, August 20, 2020 11:42:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant told : "Every balloon [bomb] harms our sovereignty and a threat,"

israelnationalnews Monday, August 17, 2020 12:12:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "We're missing four billion shekels, a billion and a half of them for after-school education. All of these things need to be immediately rectified. I and the Finance Minister understand that and are working to find a solution"

israelnationalnews Monday, August 17, 2020 12:12:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "Welfare for the people of Gaza is a first-class Israeli interest. Hamas has taken two million hostages - we will not allow Israeli citizens to be harmed. At present, this is an unresolved equation"

israelnationalnews Monday, August 17, 2020 8:57:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant clarified : "there will be no more than 18 students in a class, the rest in a different building or remotely"

israelnationalnews Monday, August 10, 2020 10:44:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “it will not be possible to enable full education for everyone,”

israelnationalnews Monday, August 10, 2020 10:05:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant says ( about Benny Gantz ) : “I’m calling for Benny Gantz to come tomorrow, pass a budget, so we can move forward,”

timesofisrael Saturday, August 8, 2020 10:43:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “Blue and White is not setting an agenda for the cabinet meeting because it does not want a budget”

timesofisrael Saturday, August 8, 2020 10:43:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “I think elections right now for Israel are not a good thing. So I see the opposition from Blue and White and I’m very concerned. Blue and White is not allowing us to come [to] the cabinet meeting as a result of them not wanting a budget,”

timesofisrael Saturday, August 8, 2020 10:43:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “We’ll be ready on September 1,”

timesofisrael Friday, August 7, 2020 1:55:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “It won’t be perfect. We can’t provide full studies for everyone. Not all protection measures will reach every place, and not everything will arrive on the first day of school,”

timesofisrael Friday, August 7, 2020 1:55:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "We will maintain this system throughout the school year unless a vaccine is developed earlier or God forbid, we go into lockdown,"

ynetnews Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:37:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I thank Prime Minister Netanyahu and members of the government for approval of the 'Learning in Security' plan which I presented to the government along with Ministers Yisrael Katz and Yuli Edelstein,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, August 2, 2020 3:30:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant wrote : “I have stopped the abolition of Sal Tarbut in the education system,”

timesofisrael Sunday, August 2, 2020 9:11:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "This is a groundbreaking plan on an international scale that was designed with the understanding that schools and educational facilities must be open and operational despite the coronavirus pandemic,"

ynetnews Wednesday, July 29, 2020 7:05:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "There is no justification for closing educational institutions,"

ynetnews Wednesday, July 22, 2020 8:15:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “The school year will open on September 1. Period,”

timesofisrael Tuesday, July 21, 2020 9:43:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I say here to the citizens of the State of Israel, the school year will open on September 1. Period. We have a plan, I sat for long hours with the Minister of Finance, he is a partner in the matter. I found partners in the local government and the teachers' union, as well as a Prime Minister who leads the process,"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, July 21, 2020 5:53:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The infection rate among children is six times lower than their share of the population,"

ynetnews Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:10:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The amount of infections in schools does not justify the closure step. One million children stuck at home have implications for the economic issue. There is no justification in terms of data. First give the parents a week to get organized and then close,"

israelnationalnews Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:08:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant tells : “We want to implement ‘half classes,'”

timesofisrael Wednesday, July 15, 2020 10:03:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant tells : “We want to implement ‘half classes,'”

timesofisrael Wednesday, July 15, 2020 8:31:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told : “We want to implement ‘half classes,’”

timesofisrael Wednesday, July 15, 2020 5:25:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant tells : “We want to implement ‘half classes,'”

timesofisrael Wednesday, July 15, 2020 5:25:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant tells : “We want to implement ‘half classes,'”

timesofisrael Wednesday, July 15, 2020 2:15:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “I’ll work to bring a fitting candidate for government approval as soon as possible”

timesofisrael Sunday, June 28, 2020 7:57:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “I’ll work to bring a fitting candidate for government approval as soon as possible”

timesofisrael Sunday, June 28, 2020 6:25:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “I’ll work to bring a fitting candidate for government approval as soon as possible”

timesofisrael Sunday, June 28, 2020 4:53:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “We all are required to put our shoulders to the wheel and do our part,”

timesofisrael Thursday, June 18, 2020 10:58:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The prime minister and cabinet ministers have adopted my position,"

israelnationalnews Thursday, June 11, 2020 11:54:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "If the school has a routine in separate buildings or compounds, partial opening will be considered,"

haaretz Friday, June 5, 2020 9:46:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "If the school has a routine in separate buildings or compounds, partial opening will be considered,"

haaretz Friday, June 5, 2020 7:16:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "If the school has a routine in separate buildings or compounds, partial opening will be considered,"

haaretz Friday, June 5, 2020 3:31:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "If the school has a routine in separate buildings or compounds, partial opening will be considered,"

haaretz Thursday, June 4, 2020 9:57:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "If the school has a routine in separate buildings or compounds, partial opening will be considered,"

haaretz Wednesday, June 3, 2020 2:31:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant wrote : “This will be an irresponsible blow to students, parents and teachers,”

timesofisrael Wednesday, June 3, 2020 12:03:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant wrote : “This will be an irresponsible blow to students, parents and teachers,”

timesofisrael Tuesday, June 2, 2020 11:39:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "If the school has a routine in separate buildings or compounds, partial opening will be considered,"

haaretz Tuesday, June 2, 2020 9:24:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Summer schools will operate this summer, until mid-August,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, May 24, 2020 6:05:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I trust the judges and the judicial system. I think they, too, are human beings, they live in their surroundings. In this respect, the judges ought to know what the public thinks. In the end, their decisions are accepted,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, May 24, 2020 7:54:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “I have this morning ordered a probe and inquiry that will have its conclusions presented to the ministry’s director general to prevent similar incidents in the future,” “Adhering to moral norms and students’ safety is a guiding principle for the education system”

albawaba-en Wednesday, May 20, 2020 10:10:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “I have this morning ordered a probe and inquiry that will have its conclusions presented to the ministry’s director general to prevent similar incidents in the future,” “Adhering to moral norms and students’ safety is a guiding principle for the education system”

timesofisrael Wednesday, May 20, 2020 3:10:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Adherence to ethical norms as well as the welfare of students should be the guiding principles of our educational system,"

israelnationalnews Wednesday, May 20, 2020 11:18:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I thank the Prime Minister for trusting me and I accept the role understanding the responsibility and importance of engaging in our children's future. Education to values and proper guiding the young generation in Israel are the best and most important investment in the country's future"

israelnationalnews Sunday, May 17, 2020 8:08:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “in view of the current protracted situation, the minister’s daughter, Or, who lives in Tel Aviv, moved to her parent’s house from the beginning of the closure, and until a return to normal”

timesofisrael Thursday, April 16, 2020 5:32:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “in view of the current protracted situation, the minister’s daughter, Or, who lives in Tel Aviv, moved to her parent’s house from the beginning of the closure, until a return to normal”

timesofisrael Thursday, April 16, 2020 12:39:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant says : “in view of the current protracted situation, the minister’s daughter, Or, who lives in Tel Aviv, has moved to her parent’s house from the beginning of the curfew, and until a return to normal”

timesofisrael Thursday, April 16, 2020 4:34:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “The State of Israel is the home of every Jew. Even in these days, we are continuing absorption in compliance with the Health Ministry,” “I am happy and proud that we were able to… gradually airlift the remaining Falash Mura and unite them with their families in Israel… Even during the coronavirus, immigrants are welcome to Israel”

timesofisrael Tuesday, March 24, 2020 5:23:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “It was an honor to come and greet these incredible soldiers, who made aliyah from all over the world in order to serve in the IDF. I was extremely moved to see this example of Zionism at its best,”

timesofisrael Friday, February 14, 2020 2:17:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "The State of Israel has an ethical obligation to allow the Ethiopian community, who serve in the IDF and contribute to all walks of life, to unite with their families who have been left behind,"

BBCMonitoring Monday, February 10, 2020 2:01:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant wrote : "Over the past two weeks, Hamas has been launching dozens of explosive devices using balloons at Israel - this is a terrorist act and a dangerous escalation,"

israelnationalnews Saturday, February 8, 2020 12:19:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant explained : "Israel is in a complex and sensitive period of security. This appointment does not serve the security of the state and therefore I will vote against it,"

israelnationalnews Saturday, February 8, 2020 12:19:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “There’s a lot of hypocrisy,” “They condemn you politically, while they ask you what your trick is, you Israelis, for turning blood into money”

middleeastmonitor Wednesday, January 1, 2020 12:59:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant told : “We will know how to reach all our enemies,”

timesofisrael Thursday, December 26, 2019 4:44:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I was there in the previous firing on Ashdod and since then, the person who fired is in hell. We will know how to reach all of our enemies. Given the situation in the Gaza Strip, we will end up with a significant campaign that will change the rules of the game, and unfortunately we are on our way there,"

israelnationalnews Thursday, December 26, 2019 8:54:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant explained : "Israel is in a complex and sensitive period of security. This appointment does not serve the security of the state and therefore I will vote against it,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, November 10, 2019 2:27:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "I will continue to do my best to help the prime minister and the security system to keep Israel safe,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, November 10, 2019 2:27:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant explained : "Israel is in a complex and sensitive period of security. This appointment does not serve the security of the State and therefore I will vote against it,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, November 10, 2019 2:27:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "I will continue to do my best to help the Prime Minister and the security system to keep Israel safe,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, November 10, 2019 2:27:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “But Israel is weighing the appropriate time,”

middleeastmonitor Monday, November 4, 2019 1:16:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant told ( about Naftali Bennett ) : "I estimate that the Prime Minister understands the importance of the Defense Ministry, and will not appoint Bennett to the position,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, November 3, 2019 12:38:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “The Arab population sought housing solutions in Jewish communities, the result of which was one big mess. So, we expanded the municipal boundaries of Arab towns”

haaretz Thursday, October 31, 2019 7:57:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "China today is Israel's second largest trade partner in the world and the largest in all of Asia,"

xinhuanet_en Thursday, September 26, 2019 6:44:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "One doesn't attack an enemy when he's ready; we'll surprise Hamas so they don't know where it came from. We'll do it in a way that will push off future campaigns. But before going for it, all possibilities must be exhausted,"

israelnationalnews Sunday, September 15, 2019 8:30:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "I take the enemy's threats seriously. The enemy must not be allowed to reach an advantage during routine times so that he can use it during wartime. We will not allow the establishment of an Iranian army in Syria. We will not allow this establishment in Syria"

israelnationalnews Monday, August 26, 2019 9:02:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant told : “Hamas will not determine the schedule. We will defend ourselves,”

timesofisrael Wednesday, August 14, 2019 9:45:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant told : “Hamas will not determine the schedule. We will defend ourselves,”

timesofisrael Wednesday, August 14, 2019 3:35:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant added : "Hamas will not dictate the schedule - we will defend ourselves,"

israelnationalnews Saturday, August 10, 2019 11:00:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant concluded : "The Ministry of Immigrant Absorption is doing everything it can to enable these immigrants to adapt to Israel in the best possible way. We will continue to work energetically to encourage aliyah and to absorb thousands of additional immigrants this summer,"

israelnationalnews Wednesday, July 17, 2019 7:46:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “For the time being, Hamas is in control. I think it won’t stay forever,” “Eventually, there will be a better life for the Palestinians under a different regime and different government. For the time being, we have to keep them ‘above the water’, but make sure that Hamas isn’t too aggressive”

israelnationalnews Wednesday, July 17, 2019 3:24:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “Governments and generations have tried to help with the integration, we will have to bring it about with actions and not just words,”

jpost Monday, July 15, 2019 8:15:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant said : "Gideon Sa’ar’s remarks are inappropriate. I am opposed to the criticism of the Prime Minister and the cabinet,"

israelnationalnews Tuesday, May 7, 2019 7:07:00 AM EAT

Yoav Galant said : “The main problem to me is his gall to come and say ‘I’ll lead the State of Israel’ before he had even a moment in public life,” “I think this is impertinence. [You] don’t allow a [medical] intern to perform open heart surgery,”

timesofisrael Saturday, April 6, 2019 7:43:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant dit ( about la France ) : "Je condamne vigoureusement l’antisémitisme en France et en appelle aux juifs : rentrez à la maison , immigrez en Israël"

sudouest Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:36:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant dit : "La profanation (de ce) cimetière réveille les images de périodes sombres dans l’histoire du peuple juif"

sudouest Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:36:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant dit ( about la France ) : "Je condamne vigoureusement l'antisémitisme en France et en appelle aux juifs : rentrez à la maison, immigrez en Israël"

Europe1 Tuesday, February 19, 2019 7:10:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant dit : "La profanation (de ce) cimetière réveille les images de périodes sombres dans l'histoire du peuple juif"

Europe1 Tuesday, February 19, 2019 7:10:00 PM EAT

Yoav Galant dit : "La profanation [de ce] cimetière réveille les images de périodes sombres dans l'histoire du peuple juif"

franceinfo Tuesday, February 19, 2019 7:04:00 PM EAT