{"id":53871,"date":"2024-05-19T06:17:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T06:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/19\/benjamin-netanyahu-stands-strong-as-israels-prime-minister-for-now-despite-cabinet-threats\/"},"modified":"2024-05-19T06:17:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T06:17:05","slug":"benjamin-netanyahu-stands-strong-as-israels-prime-minister-for-now-despite-cabinet-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/19\/benjamin-netanyahu-stands-strong-as-israels-prime-minister-for-now-despite-cabinet-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Netanyahu stands strong as Israel’s prime minister for now – despite cabinet threats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For months, the rift in Israel’s war cabinet has been an open secret – this week it spilled out into the open, not once but twice.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday evening defence minister Yoav Gallant took to national television<\/a><\/strong> and demanded that Netanyahu finally decide on a post-war plan for Gaza and reject any prospect of Israeli rule there.<\/p>\n

On Saturday evening, war cabinet member Benny Gantz chose the same platform and issued Netanyahu with a six-point ultimatum<\/a><\/strong>, including bringing the hostages home and creating an international civilian governance mechanism to rule Gaza.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu has already rejected it.<\/p>\n

Both Gallant and Gantz are highly experienced military commanders and former chiefs of staff. It is unlikely either spoke out without the private support of some of the security establishment.<\/p>\n

Gantz’s threat to leave government by 8 June, if his demands are not met, makes for a dramatic headline but could be rather empty in reality.<\/p>\n

Prior to 7 October he was an opposition leader, outside of government. He only came into the circle when he joined an emergency war cabinet following the attacks.<\/p>\n

Gantz does not have the numbers to bring down the government; if he does leave, Netanyahu<\/a><\/strong> will resort to his pre-war majority of 64 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.<\/p>\n

But Gantz is seen by many, inside and outside Israel as the sensible head in the room; the acceptable face of this ultra-right Israeli coalition.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu, who increasingly appears supine to the extreme nationalists he got into bed with, will only become more beholden to them without the moderating influence of Gantz.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong>
Girl with ultra-rare disease denied escape from Gaza<\/a><\/strong>
Starving Gaza children dying the ‘size of a skeleton’<\/a><\/strong>
Israeli fighter jet hits West Bank in deadly strike<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gantz’s departure would likely concern Washington, which already does not do business with many of the Israeli cabinet because of their extreme views and is managing a deteriorating relationship with Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

It would not come as a surprise, however, if the White House was fully briefed ahead of Gantz’s ultimatum.<\/p>\n

Gantz is regularly I<\/a><\/strong>srael<\/strong><\/a>‘s most popular leader in polls, way ahead of Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

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Having been outside the government at the time, he is not tarnished by accusations of failure levelled at those in power on 7 October but he is clearly worried that he is being associated with the growing disillusion about the war<\/a><\/strong> and his reputation will be damaged.<\/p>\n

His best hope is that he pulls much of the country with him and a decisive number of the Knesset too, because unless the rift in the war cabinet extends to Netanyahu’s Likud party too, the prime minister stands strong for now.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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