And Yoav Gallant is the moderate one. effing Ha
Haaretz Editorial Analysis |
Netanyahu Is a Clear and Present Danger to Israel and Defense Chiefs Face a Dire Dilemma
Thirteen months after deadly attack by Hamas, which saw that Israel was in an unprecedented position of internal weakness because of the government's attempted regime coup, Netanyahu is once again posing a direct threat to democracy – and firing Galant will not be his final move
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a gamble by firing Defense Minister Yoav Gallant Tuesday night. He believes he can push this through under cover of the war.
Evidently, he believes Israelis are so tired, burnt out and worried by the ever-present security threats to their lives that they won't take to the streets en masse and force him to retract the dismissal, as happened in March 2023. The coming days will once again show whether he has made a political mistake.
BTW The Israelis are back on the streets en masse throughout Israel.
Through this latest move, Netanyahu has apparently stabilized his governing coalition. At the same time, he is subjecting Israeli society to a shock that is completely unreasonable during wartime and thereby endangering national security.
This is a government that is simultaneously engaged in thwarting the conscription of the ultra-Orthodox, thwarting a hostage deal and thwarting the establishment of a commission of inquiry into the failures that led to the Hamas massacre. And the man who heads it is determined to evade responsibility for the biggest disaster in the country's history. In his view, any means to this end is kosher – and especially the continued destruction of our democracy.
I wonder why he chose US election day?
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