After the stormy cabinet discussion tonight (between Thursday and Friday) in which the ministers blatantly attacked the chief of staff for the decision to establish investigative teams for the events of October 7, the political system is responding.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid wrote: "The leaks from last night's cabinet are a disgrace and further proof that this cabinet is dangerous. These people do not deserve the sacrifice of IDF fighters. The State of Israel must replace the government and its leader."
The leaks from the cabinet last night are a disgrace and further proof that this cabinet is dangerous. The State of Israel must replace the government and its leader. These people do not deserve the sacrifice and heroism of IDF fighters, and will not be able to lead a strategic decision. They need to go. Now.
— Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) January 5, 2024
In an interview with Galatz, Ze'ev Elkin said: "You see how the war would have been waged if there were not the sane voices from our representatives who insist that it is impossible to turn the cabinet into a battleground between the political and security echelons. It's good that there was someone there to defend the chief of staff."
MK Efrat Reitan of the Labor Party also responded, writing: "To read the ministers' quotes from a meeting of the political security cabinet and not believe that they are entrusted with the lives of civilians and soldiers. They do not have a single ounce of responsibility and wisdom, and they must not continue in their role if the State of Israel desires life."
Don't want to come to the "day after" the war
Former Knesset member Orna Barbivai wrote on Network X: "The cabinet ministers blew up the discussion because they don't want to come to the day after the war. Thus, they postpone the discussion of their responsibilities to the days before October 7. The timed attack on the chief of staff was again intended to serve them, not the country."
The "cabinet" ministers blew up the discussion because they don't want to come to the day after the war.
Thus, they postpone the discussion of their responsibilities to the days before October 7.
The orchestrated attack on the chief of staff was once again intended to serve them, not the country
— Orna Barbivay Orna Barbivay (@OrnaBarbivay) January 5, 2024
MK Naor Shiri of the Yesh Atid party responded: "What do our enemies think, who simply sit and have access to a room where a discussion is taking place in a forum charged with waging war on the State of Israel? Our cabinet has become a meeting of a Likud faction on turbo. Out of all the shouting, the silence of one, Shuli, the prime minister, stands out. It's not funny anymore, it's just sad and more than that, it's worrying."
Vladimir Belyak, a member of the Yesh Atid party, also wrote: "The cabinet meeting tonight on the day after was not blown up by chance. It is reasonable to assume that Netanyahu harnessed his delusional and absurd ministers to attack the chief of staff and blow it up. Netanyahu and his clique do not want a discussion about the "day after." They are not interested in investigating the incident, neither in the army nor outside the army. They don't want the day after, because they also know that the day after they will be kicked out of our lives, against the backdrop of enormous public anger."
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