OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – A secret Foreign and Security Committee
of the Knesset has revealed widespread confusion and disagreement amongst
government members over the
war in Gaza, according to a leak by Israeli channel
12 news.
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As reported by Khaberni, during the meeting held last
Thursday to discuss the future of the war on Gaza, members criticized the
Netanyahu led unity government's unclear stances and strategy towards the war.
Member of the "There is a Future" party, Karen
Elharar, questioned
Minister of Defense Yoav Galant about the Israeli
statements declaring the overthrow of Hamas's rule, saying, "What does
overthrowing Hamas mean? Let's assume that we have succeeded in eliminating all
military wing members, what about the political wing? What is the next
plan?"
Galant responded, "It will take a lot of time. We are
still in the first stage through
aerial attacks and preparations for the ground
attack. In the second stage, after the infrastructure of Hamas is destroyed,
the fighting will continue at a slower pace.”
Galant added that Israel would attempt to export the
management of Gaza to an external force after Hamas was defeated and confirmed
that there was little interest in Israel itself bearing that responsibility.
Some of the options that have purportedly been discussed is handing the
territory over to the Palestinian Authority or “international forces”.
This was met with further dissent when
Knesset member Gilad Kariv asked, "Do you want Oslo 2?" While Likud party member Tali
Goitein said, "Netanyahu is the prime minister of my government, but he is
a coward! He must tell the truth to the public. He is not able to overthrow anything."
According to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, members of the
expanded cabinet have expressed frustration about the contradictions in
discussions during the sessions, accusing the "war cabinet" of
misleading the expanded cabinet.
The cabinet members complained that "the war cabinet's
plans for the coming days are very limited, especially regarding continuing the
war and the ground attack."
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