Israel’s War-Cabinet Rift Bursts Into Open Over Postwar Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s two war-cabinet partners are openly challenging his indecision over postwar Gaza — even siding with the US in pushing for Palestinian rule of the devastated coastal strip.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel should help establish a Palestinian governing body as an alternative to Hamas, a plan he believes would avoid the need for a long-term Israeli military occupation of the enclave — which he called a “negative and dangerous option.”
“Since October, I have been raising this issue consistently and have received no response,” he told reporters on Wednesday.
