SANA'A June 30. 2024 (Saba) - In a move that was expected but raises many questions, three Zionist ministers announced their resignations from the Zionist war government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, which heralds the disintegration of this government after it reached a dead end in its war on Gaza and did not achieve any significant victory.
According to the media of the Zionist enemy, the ministers in the Zionist war council, Benny Gantz, Gadi Eisenkot and Hili Tropper, announced last night their resignation from the war government, in a move that led to a state of division and confusion among the leaders of the enemy entity, headed by the head of the Zionist entity's government, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Eisenkot confirmed in his resignation letter to Netanyahu: "The government's decisions and your decisions personally are taken for political considerations, while the war cabinet refrained from taking important decisions that were to achieve the goals of the war and improve Israel's strategic situation, which harmed the security and strategic situation of the entity." He stressed that he continues to support any sound decision by the government that serves the interests of this usurping entity.
Gantz said: "Their participation in the War Council was motivated by a 'common destiny' and not a political partnership... criticizing Netanyahu for obstructing important strategic decisions for political reasons.
Gantz explained that his party's withdrawal from the government in light of the failure to recover the kidnapped from Gaza represents a complex challenge... adding: Israel's top priority is to achieve real victory, which is the return of the kidnapped more than remaining in power.
Gantz called on Netanyahu to hold elections as soon as possible and form a national investigation committee... stressing that the decision to withdraw came because Netanyahu is preventing progress towards achieving real victory.
Gantz continued by saying: He supports the deal offered by US President Joe Biden, and called on Netanyahu to be bold to make it succeed, and called on party leaders to stand by him in order to hold elections to form a Zionist national unity government... according to him.
Gantz's resignation from the war government puts many things within the occupied entity at stake, and thus Gantz withdraws the only centrist force in the far-right coalition led by Netanyahu amid a war that has been going on for months.
The army commander was The former defense minister threatened in May to withdraw from the government due to the lack of a strategy for the post-war period in the Gaza Strip. Minister Gadi Eisenkot, a member of Gantz's party, also resigned, leaving the war government with only three members, which makes all the major decisions regarding the war against Hamas.
Netanyahu's defeated response was not long in coming, but came within minutes. He said: "Israel is waging an existential war on several fronts. Benny, now is not the time to withdraw from the battle, it is the time to unite our forces." Netanyahu's two far-right coalition partners, the far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, also did not delay in responding.
At the end of the ministers' resignation speech, Ben Gvir said: "I sent a letter to Netanyahu, asking him to join the war government." He added: "As a minister in the government, head of a party and a major partner in the coalition, I demand that you join this government." Smotrich criticized Gantz's resignation, saying: "There is no less monumental act than withdrawing from the government during the war. Your move aims to fragment cohesion for political and irresponsible reasons."
These resignations came at a time when the occupying entity is experiencing increasing pressure on Netanyahu internally and externally, raising many questions, the most important of which is perhaps whether Gantz's resignation will lead to the fall of the government formed from a coalition that includes extremist religious and nationalist parties, and what impact this will have on the course of the war and negotiations, as well as the truce proposal that is still in place, in addition to what was raised regarding the possibility of holding early elections.
Regarding these logical questions and others, researcher and specialist in Zionist affairs Dr. Ali Al-Awar confirmed, in his interview with "Akhbar Al-Aan", that the resignation Benny Gantz is a violent shock within the Zionist community, and will also have major repercussions on the political and diplomatic levels abroad, especially since the entity is now under great pressure from the International Court of Justice and the United Nations, as well as a number of Western and allied countries.
Al-Awar considered this resignation to be one of the most important decisions, perhaps at this time, in terms of developments in the war in Gaza. He said: Gantz was expected to be out of the government months ago, and therefore the war on Gaza could have also stopped months ago, but for reasons perhaps related to the national camp he leads and especially his political future according to opinion polls, he chose to postpone this step.
In terms of political impact, Al-Awar believes that this resignation will not affect the level of voting within Netanyahu's government, or even within the Knesset, given that Netanyahu has 64 members and thus has an absolute majority within the Knesset, but he indicated that Gantz's resignation will have a greater impact on the Zionist street.
With Gantz’s withdrawal, Netanyahu’s government will be further dominated by the two far-right ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, who are likely to increase pressure on the prime minister to take a tougher line on the Gaza war, take action against the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank and step up attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Gantz, 65, is seen as the front-runner to form a coalition if Netanyahu’s government falls and early elections are held, with his centrist National Union party introducing a bill last week to dissolve the Knesset and hold early elections.
Gantz was supposed to announce his departure last Saturday, but postponed it due to the failed operation to free four Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
Three Israeli prisoners were killed, and a horrific massacre was committed against Palestinians in the Nuseirat camp, resulting in the martyrdom and injury of nearly a thousand Palestinians.
According to the Axios website, Gantz was aware of the operation in advance, but asked his staff not to change the announcement plans until the operation was over, so as not to risk raising suspicions among Hamas leaders, according to him.
Gantz's decision - who is considered Netanyahu's main political rival - came after he issued an ultimatum to Netanyahu last month, calling on him to develop a new plan for the war against Hamas by June 8.
Netanyahu is facing increasing calls from the Zionist entity's Western allies and the families of the hostages held in Gaza to end the war and return the prisoners, eight months after the start of the war, in which the occupying entity has not achieved its declared goals.
America has repeatedly called on Netanyahu to present a concrete plan for the post-war period in Gaza. US President Joe Biden, who last week proposed a three-pronged Zionist peace agreement, indicated that Netanyahu would likely benefit from prolonging the conflict.
Last April, Gantz called for early elections in September, before the first anniversary of the war, saying that "the Zionists need to renew their contract with their leadership."
Gantz often outperforms Netanyahu in terms of popularity, according to opinion polls. A poll published by the Zionist newspaper Maariv on Friday revealed that Gantz's support rate is 42 percent compared to 34 percent for Netanyahu.
The ongoing Zionist-American aggression on Gaza since October 7 has left more than 118,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and about ten thousand missing amid massive destruction and famine that has claimed the lives of children and the elderly.
resource : Saba
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