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Netanyahu demanded exclusive authority to formulate the policy of the nuclear agreement;
Ganz: Not your private business
On the eve of Biden's entry into the White House and against the background of his aspirations to return to an agreement with Iran, Netanyahu sent a letter to the defense minister stating that Israel's position on the issue would be "summed up only by the prime minister." Bypass the security system and cabinet
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Thursday, 07 January 2021, 15:00
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In recent days, there has been an behind-the-scenes confrontation between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Bnei Gantz on one of the most sensitive issues for Israel's security - Israeli policy regarding the Biden administration's intention to return to the nuclear agreement with Iran.
Two senior Israeli officials say that in an exchange of letters between the two in recent days, Netanyahu claimed to Ganz that he is the sole authority on the issue of formulating policy on the Iranian nuclear issue.
Ganz rejected the allegations, claiming that it was an attempt to bypass the defense establishment and the cabinet.
This conflict has not yet surfaced and is known to a small group of secret partners in Israel's top political-security forces.
The fact that it takes place only two weeks before the inauguration of the new American president and against the background of an election campaign in Israel only makes the situation more sensitive and dangerous.
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The reason for the demand is not clear.
Netanyahu (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)
On December 29, at the request of Prime Minister Netanyahu, National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat sent a one-line letter to Defense Minister Bnei Gantz.
"Here is the Prime Minister's directive: The Israeli government's position on the nuclear agreement with Iran will be summarized by the Prime Minister only on the basis of the work of the National Security Staff in the Prime Minister's Office," Ben Shabbat wrote to Gantz.
Copies of the letter were also sent to Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, Mossad chief Yossi Cohen and Israel's ambassador to Washington Ron Drummer. Shall be in his sole authority.
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Astonished by the demand in the letter.
Ganz (Photo: Elad Malka)
One adviser said that Prime Minister Netanyahu does not like interviews retirement of the head of research in Military Intelligence, Brigadier General Dror Shalom Yedioth Ahronoth "in October in which he argued that there is no evidence that retirement Trump nuclear agreement has improved the strategic situation of Israel.
Netanyahu He also disliked the fact that in talks between Defense Minister Ganz and the heads of the defense establishment with US Chief of Staff Mark Millie during his visit to Israel about two weeks ago, they voiced more moderate views on the nuclear agreement than his own.
"The issue is not a one-man private business"
A senior Israeli official quoted in detail as saying that Ganz was astonished by the letter Netanyahu sent through Ben Shabbat and on December 31 sent a reply letter.
Ganz wrote that the authority to summarize the Israeli position is indeed that of the Prime Minister, but not an indirect validity of the defense establishment and the cabinet.
"The issue of security, especially in the Iranian issue, is not a one - man business," Ganz wrote.
He added that Israeli policy regarding the nuclear agreement with Iran should be derived from the work of a headquarters in which the entire political-security system and not only the National Security Headquarters in the Prime Minister's Office takes part, as well as after an orderly discussion by the cabinet ministers.
The position will be summed up on the basis of the work of the National Security Council. Ben Shabbat (Photo: Flash 90, -)
The background to this exchange of letters is a discussion that is currently taking place within the defense establishment, the intelligence community and the Foreign Ministry on the question of Israeli policy toward Biden's intention to return to the nuclear agreement with Iran.
A senior Israeli official noted that the discussion is not about the strategic goal of preventing a nuclear deal that would be bad for Israel - because there is broad agreement on that.
He said the debate is tactical and deals with what is the best way to do it - whether to take the approach Israel took during Obama's tenure and publicly and vehemently oppose any agreement or try another way of quiet dialogue with the Biden administration to try and influence the contents of the new agreement. Significantly.
A tactical debate over the approach towards the new administration.
Biden (Photo: Reuters)
One of the more problematic issues in Netanyahu's letter concerns his demand that only the National Security Staff, which reports to Netanyahu, carry out its work on the Iranian issue while pushing aside the IDF and the Defense Ministry. Political-Security in the Ministry of Defense.
This pattern of Netanyahu in recent years, which is running the NSC on issues of security and political issues in transmission or bypassing the security system - that was the issue of the sale of German submarines to Egypt and was the subject of normalization agreement with the United Arab Emirates and the F35 fighter deal.
Prime Minister's Office has not yet A response was received, and the Defense Minister's office declined to comment.
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