3/12/2023–|Last updated: 12/3/202303:20 PM (Mecca time)
The Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on the escalation of the dispute between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Galant, noting that there were old differences between them, but the war had deepened them.
The latent dispute between the two parties came back to the fore yesterday, Saturday, when Gallant refused to hold a joint press conference with Netanyahu in Tel Aviv.
Netanyahu said that he proposed to Gallant to hold a joint press conference, but he “chose what he chose,” indicating that he held a separate press conference in Tel Aviv.
According to Maariv, the Prime Minister preferred that the members of the War Council, Gallant and Minister Benny Gantz, not participate in the major achievement he talked about, which is the return of detainees from Gaza.
She continued that Gallant was indeed summoned to the meeting, but it happened at the same time that the Office of the Secretary of Defense decided to hold its own press conference, and had sent an invitation to the media, according to her account.
Difficult weeks
According to the Israeli newspaper, it said that the past weeks were difficult and full of complex questions, and Netanyahu relied on the permanent support team that appeared every night: Defense Minister Gallant and Minister Gantz.
She considered that the lasting general impression was that the two senior officials were here to give support, weight and legitimacy to the main spokesman, Netanyahu.
The newspaper added, but this time the content was different. The Prime Minister did not only come to deliver messages and answer difficult questions, but he had good news, which is the first major achievement since what it described as a “fiasco” on October 7.
The newspaper explained that this achievement was the release of 110 hostages from Gaza as part of the deal with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), and considered that Netanyahu preferred not to share this great achievement with the members of the military cabinet, so the two, Gallant and Gantz, were not invited.
According to the newspaper, Netanyahu’s office claimed that Gallant had already been invited, and the invitation was delivered to his office.
Disagreements and discrepancies
The newspaper believed that the difference between the two offices’ accounts indicates the existing gap between Netanyahu and Gallant, a gap that arose long before last October 7, and is growing, as it put it.
Last October, Netanyahu, in a tweet, held the army and intelligence services responsible for failing to anticipate the Hamas attack on the seventh of that month, but he later deleted the tweet and apologized for the matter, under the weight of criticism from inside and outside the government.
Days before that, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper revealed that there were disagreements between Netanyahu and senior army officials regarding assessments, plans and decisions.
It is noteworthy that on October 7, in response to daily Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people and their sanctities, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against the settlements surrounding the Gaza Strip, killing 1,200 Israelis, wounding 5,431, and capturing about 239, exchanging dozens of them during a truce. Humanity with Israel, which holds about 7,800 Palestinians in its prisons, including children and women.
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2023-12-03 12:46:44
