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Thu 21 Mar 2024 3:16 pm - Jerusalem Time

Netanyahu is considering canceling the war council and transferring its powers to the cabinet

The Israeli newspaper Maariv said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering abolishing the War Council and transferring its powers to the members of the Mini-Ministerial Council for Political and Security Affairs (Cabinet).


This is as a solution after the crisis sparked by the leader of the "New Hope" party, Gideon Sa'ar, by threatening to withdraw from the Israeli emergency government if he did not become a member of the war council.


The newspaper reported that National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir would not hesitate to resign from the government if Sa'ar obtained membership in the War Council and he did not obtain it.


Sa'ar had threatened to withdraw from the government if he did not join the war council, accusing the government of not having a clear plan to destroy the capabilities of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip.


Last week, Sa'ar announced the dissolution of his political partnership with Minister in the War Council, Benny Gantz, and the dissolution of the "State Camp Alliance," calling for it to join the War Council as an independent bloc.


Sa'ar joined the state camp coalition led by Benny Gantz - who leads the Blue and White party - in the last rounds of elections, and was one of the strongest advocates for Netanyahu's removal in light of the corruption files persecuting him.


Escalating disagreements prevail at the Israeli political and military levels, threatening to dissolve the government and calling for early elections, in the wake of last October 7, following the Al-Aqsa Flood operation launched by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza against Israel, in response to the ongoing occupation attacks against the Palestinian people and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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