ISRAELI’S PM NETANYAHU DISSOLVES WAR CABINET.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved Israel’s
six-member war cabinet.
Reports on Monday said Netanyahu announced the decision
at a meeting of the political security cabinet the previous evening. This
followed the exit of the coalition leader, Benny Gantz from the government.
Nationalist-religious Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich
and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who have demanded Israel must
continue its bombardment of Gaza despite calls for some restraint from allies
including the United States, had called for a new war cabinet to be formed
featuring coalition party leaders.
However, Netanyahu has reportedly turned them down.
Netanyahu said: The cabinet was in the coalition agreement with Gantz, at his
request. As soon as Gantz left – there was no need for a cabinet any more.
The Israeli premier is now expected to hold consultations
about the Gaza war with a small group of ministers, including Defence Minister
Yoav Gallant and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, who had been in the war
cabinet.
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