Coalition partner accuses Israel defence minister of abandoning right-wing

A far-right party in Israel's coalition government accused Defence Minister Yoav Gallant of abandoning the ruling right-wing bloc on Thursday after local media reported that he would call for a halt to a contested judicial overhaul. "Yoav Gallant has removed himself from the rightist camp," the Jewish Power party of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said in a statement. (Writing by Dan Williams; editing by James Mackenzie)

A far-right party in Israel's coalition government accused Defence Minister Yoav Gallant of abandoning the ruling right-wing bloc on Thursday after local media reported that he would call for a halt to a contested judicial overhaul.

"Yoav Gallant has removed himself from the rightist camp," the Jewish Power party of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said in a statement. Gallant is part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's conservative Likud party. (Writing by Dan Williams; editing by James Mackenzie)