Why wily Netanyahu will escape new crisis
Two members of the Israel’s war cabinet have warned the prime minister to change course on the war in Gaza, but he is unlikely to flinch.
It certainly appeared crucial. Benny Gantz, ramrod straight and facing the cameras with gravity, told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to shift course on the Gaza war or he’d quit the three-man war cabinet. Israel, he said, needs “a government that will win the people’s trust”.
Coming days after the other war cabinet member, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, bitterly accused Netanyahu of failing to have a postwar plan, it seemed that Netanyahu was being isolated by his two senior deputies, both former top generals, and Israel was headed toward political crisis.
Bloomberg
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