During his first official cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Netanyahu considered: “Unfortunately, and contrary to the prevailing opinion that the nuclear deal has been removed from the agenda, after the recent events in Iran, I believe this possibility does not has been completely removed, and we will therefore do everything in our power to prevent a return to this.” Bad deal.”
In 2018, the United States withdrew from the nuclear deal it signed with Iran in 2015, which provided for the easing of sanctions against Iran in exchange for limiting its nuclear program, to prevent it from developing an atomic bomb, knowing that Tehran has always denied trying to achieve this goal and affirms the tranquility of its program.
US President Joe Biden has pledged to try to revive the deal, but negotiations that began in April 2021 in Vienna have now stalled.
On the other hand, Netanyahu refrained from discussing National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s infiltration of the Al-Aqsa mosque at his cabinet meeting, after Netanyahu personally approved it, and despite the veiled condemnation of the United States, through its ambassador Thomas Nides, of the infiltration of Ben Gvir.
On Tuesday morning, Ben Gvir stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque from the Mughrabi Gate, amid the tight security of the Israeli occupation police.
Ben Gvir said during the assault that the Israeli government will not “give in to threats from Hamas, the Temple Mount (Al-Aqsa Mosque) is the most important place for the people of Israel and we maintain freedom of movement for Muslims and Christians and Jews will also reach the Temple Mount, and anyone who threatens us will meet with an iron fist.” .
Netanyahu also attacked the previous government, saying it “was not united on any national goal. We are united above all on the issue of security.” and we are determined to deepen existing peace agreements and add “historic breakthroughs” with Arab countries.
On the other hand, former Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said: “Netanyahu is the weakest prime minister ever, and the government is in a state of chaos… This is not a right-wing government, but rather a madness. We will not calm down and Israel is disintegrating from within”.
And he considered that “the policies proposed by the members of the next government constitute a looting of democratic values”, adding: “If anyone believes that the matter will end with the formation of the government, then they are very mistaken”.
For his part, Israeli Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin announced that the new government will be sworn in on Thursday.
