The mechanism created after the Hamas terrorist attack included the centrist politician who left the government days ago. The Prime Minister will now consult on the Gaza war in a smaller forum, without his extremist allies Benjamin Netanyahu dissolving the war cabinet, a mechanism created on October 11, 2023 to make decisions on the military operation in the Strip Gaza. launched shortly after the attack by the terrorist group Hamas on October 7, Israeli authorities announced on Monday (17/06).
The dissolution of the war cabinet comes just a week after the departure of former centrist general Benny Gantz’s government. The forum was created at Gantz’s request, as a condition of joining the unity government and as a measure to remove Netanyahu’s extremist supporters from decision-making on the war.
Also present at the forum were Gadi Eisenkot, who like Gantz is a member of the National Unity party, and Aryeh Deri, head of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, as observers.
Gantz and Eisenkot left the government last week over what they said was Netanyahu’s failure to create a strategy for the war in the Gaza Strip. With their departure, Netanyahu’s dissolution of the war cabinet was already expected.
New consultation forum
Netanyahu is now expected to begin consulting on the Gaza war at a smaller consultation forum, which will bring together a small group, including Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, the head of the National Security Council , Tzachi Hanegbi, and Deri. , of the Shas party.
This new forum prevents two of Netanyahu’s nationalist-religious partners in the government, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, from entering the circle of war power. The prime minister had faced demands from them to be included in the war cabinet, which was sure to further increase tensions with international partners, including the United States.
Netanyahu, Gallant and Gantz were the only voting members of the war cabinet, while Eisenkot, Deri and Dermer were observing members.
Frustration with Netanyahu
Gantz, Netanyahu’s longtime political rival, and Eisenkot are members of the center-right National Unity party, which joined the emergency government Netanyahu created after the war but left last week citing frustration with the way which Netanyahu addressed the war and the lack of a post-war plan for Gaza.
Critics say Netanyahu’s wartime decision-making has been influenced by ultranationalists in his government, who oppose a deal that would lead to a ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages.
as/cn (Efe, Reuters, AP)
Source: Terra
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