"Financial Times"Gantz’s threat to resign highlights the growing differences within the Israeli government regarding Gaza
The Financial Times newspaper saw The British newspaper, in its issue issued today, Sunday, mentioned the threat of the Minister in the Israeli war government, Benny Gantz, to resign from the government if a new war plan is not drawn up by next June 8; It highlights the increasing internal disputes among members of the Israeli government regarding the Gaza Strip.
The newspaper stated – in the context of a report, published on its official website – that “Gantz’s threat to withdraw from the Israeli government if it does not adhere to a new plan for war with Hamas And its repercussions are a warning that increases political pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”
Gantz – an opposition member and former general who joined Netanyahu’s coalition after the October 7 attacks – called on the government to approve a six-point plan, including a model To rule Gaza after the war, by next June 8. He threatened that if his demands were not met, he would withdraw from the centrist National Unity Party, which opinion polls indicate would exit the elections if a new government is formed.
Gantz said – in a televised statement published yesterday evening, Saturday – " The choice is in your hands. A decade ago, Netanyahu would have done the right thing. Are you ready to do the right and patriotic thing today?!”.
In response, Netanyahu’s office accused Gantz of choosing to “issue an ultimatum to the prime minister instead of issuing an ultimatum to Hamas.” The Prime Minister’s Office stated- In a statement – “The conditions set by Gantz are washed-up words and their meaning is clear: the end of the war and the defeat of Israel.”
The “Financial Times” confirmed that Gantz’s ultimatum is the culmination of months of tensions within Netanyahu’s government over the handling of the war, as Israel remains far from achieving its goals of destroying Hamas and releasing nearly 130 Hamas detainees, and at the same time, faces intense international criticism over the humanitarian toll. The high rise resulting from its attack on the Palestinian Strip.
She added: The departure of the National Unity Party will not automatically overthrow Netanyahu’s coalition of five parties or lead to early elections, as Netanyahu and his far-right allies will continue to control 64 seats in Parliament. But it will mark the end of the cross-party cooperation that followed the October 7 attacks, and will also leave Netanyahu increasingly beholden to the two far-right parties in his coalition, led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
The two men called on Israel to adopt a more aggressive approach to the war, as well as to push for the re-establishment of Jewish settlements in Gaza, which is considered illegal in the eyes of most of the international community, once the war ends.
Gantz said, in a plan The six points he presented yesterday, Saturday, are that in addition to Israeli security control, “an international civil governance mechanism for the Gaza Strip must be established with American, European, Arab and Palestinian participation.”
He added that the plan must include the return of Israeli detainees held by Hamas in Gaza, defeating the resistance, and demilitarizing the Strip, as well as the return of Israelis to the areas in the north of the country that had been evacuated since the beginning of the war, taking further steps towards normalization with neighboring countries, and setting a framework for expanding Israeli military service and recruiting more ultra-Orthodox Jews.
He drafted. Gantz, his warning to Netanyahu, as a choice between his vision and that adopted by Smotrich, Ben Gvir, and their allies, indicating that “If you choose the path of fanatics and lead the entire nation into the abyss, we will be forced to leave the government.”
And earlier in the This week, Defense Minister Yoav Galant criticized Prime Minister Netanyahu for the lack of a post-war plan for Gaza, urging him to put “national priorities above all other considerations, even at the potential personal or political costs.”
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