Gantz Unveils Party Ticket: 'Sole Ruler Netanyahu Is Afraid'
Former army chief takes aim at prime minister, calls on Lapid to meet 'tonight'
Chaim Levinson
Chaim Levinson is Haaretz's political correspondent.
Previously, he was the Yedioth Ahoronot correspondent for Religious Affairs and the Orthodox communities.
Levinson has a B.A. in Social and Humanities Studies at the Open University and a M.A. in Interdisciplinary Democracy Studies.
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