The meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Camp Chairman Benny Gantz, which was supposed to take place Tuesday evening, has been postponed to tomorrow at 11 a.m.
The Prime Minister's Office said the reason for the postponement was "because of the lengthy security consultations and the political-security cabinet."
Netanyahu: "The war will take time, but we will avenge this black day" // Photo: GPO
At the end of the midday meeting of the coalition leaders, Netanyahu was given the mandate to form an emergency government.
Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir demanded at the meeting that Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot enter unconditionally. According to him, the two have considerable responsibility for the situation in Gaza, and therefore cannot conduct the war themselves.
It appears that Gantz, Gadi Eisenkot and Gideon Sa'ar will join the government as ministers without portfolio. Gantz and Eisenkot will join a small security team that will deal with the conduct of the war and will include about six participants.
Torch outside?
During the meeting, Ben-Gvir went outside and when he returned, he was furious at reports that he opposed a unity government and accused his friends: "Are you briefing on my head?"
The one who remains outside the government is Yair Lapid, who made his entry conditional on the dismissal of Smotrich and Ben-Gvir from the security cabinet. Gantz and Lapid did not speak today.
According to Lieberman's associates, even after Gantz entered an emergency government, his position did not change and he would enter the government on condition that Netanyahu or Galant say that the objective of the operation is the elimination of Hamas leaders and associates.
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