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Tue 14 Jan 2025 6:48 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli media: Ministers complain about not being informed about the expected deal

Ministers in Israel's security cabinet are complaining that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not informed them of the details of an upcoming prisoner swap and ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, according to Hebrew media.


"Cabinet ministers strongly criticized Prime Minister Netanyahu's behavior," the Israel Hayom newspaper reported Tuesday evening.


She quoted unnamed ministers as saying: “They kept us away from the details of the deal, and it is crazy for them to show it to journalists before explaining it to us.”


If things go towards signing the agreement, Netanyahu is scheduled to call the "cabinet" and then the expanded government to a meeting to approve the deal, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority (official).


Channel 12 Israel said that the negotiations in the Qatari capital, Doha, "are now focused on the mechanism for implementing the deal, with an emphasis on technical details."


National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, both members of the cabinet, have reiterated their opposition to the potential deal.


Ben-Gvir called on Smotrich on Tuesday morning to "resign together" from the government if the deal passes, but the latter has not yet decided whether he will respond to Ben-Gvir's request.


Later Tuesday, Netanyahu met with Smotrich to persuade him not to withdraw from the right-wing government.


Netanyahu has a majority in the cabinet to pass the deal even if Ben-Gvir and Smotrich vote against it, and he also has a majority in the expanded government to take the same step without the six ministers of their parties.


The potential agreement includes 3 stages, each lasting 42 days, and includes details of the exchange of Israeli prisoners in Gaza and Palestinians in Israeli prisons, the steps for a ceasefire, and the entry of daily aid into the Strip.


Earlier today, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari announced in a press conference that the negotiations had reached the "final details" stage, stressing that they had reached the "closest point" to announcing an agreement.


Palestinian sources revealed to Anadolu that the agreement is "almost ready and may be signed before Friday."



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