War Cabinet discussion, January 25, 2024/Iti Beit-On/L.A.M
During the cabinet meeting held tonight (Friday), some of the government ministers sharply criticized the conduct of the police in the face of the demonstrations against the transfer of humanitarian aid to Gaza at the Kerem Shalom crossing.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin harshly criticized Chief Commissioner Kobi Shabtai, saying that in the demonstrations against the legal coup, no such enforcement was done against demonstrators. "During the demonstrations in Kaplan, you allowed them to block the roads, burn the roads and bring horses," said Levin. "Here in Kerem Shalom , who are trying to prevent the introduction of aid, you are doing selective enforcement.
There you haven't touched them for three and a half months, and here you are beating them." Miri Regev backed up Levin's words.
Demonstrators against the transfer of aid at the Kerem Shalom crossing/official website, order 9
Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir admitted that there is selective enforcement, but he directed the blame to the political level and the decision of the High Court of Justice. "We have to admit that there is indeed selective enforcement," he began. operatives on demonstrations, but it has to be admitted that you don't enforce like that in Kaplan and I say this as the minister in charge."
Ben Gvir appealed to the Prime Minister and asked him to intervene to stop the sightings of kidnapped families and protesters being arrested.
"We have all seen the pictures of clashes between soldiers and policemen and families of abductees blocking the crossing," said Ben Gvir.
"I don't understand why we are allowing a rift in the people? Why do we need these clashes? Let's re-discuss the closing of this crossing and stopping the lawlessness to deliver aid to them."
Towards the end of the discussion, Commissioner Shabtai responded to the ministers: "You here make the decisions, I merely enforce them.
You are the ones who want to bring in through Kerem Shalom."
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The protests against the legal coup in Kaplan/Ruben Castro
The cabinet meeting also dealt with a possible deal for the release of the abductees.
The ministers received information about the details of the deal and a discussion began between them.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin
: "It is best not to go for some but for all, it is immoral to release only some of them and then negotiate. We need to increase the military pressure on them as this may lead to their release."
Minister Avi Dichter
: "I also think that we should not go for a phased deal, we should make one deal and not in two in one of which there is the release of 35 hostages, and only in the second is all the others. I am not bothered by the fact that they say that the war will not return, the IDF will know how to return the The war even if there is a pause in the fighting."
Minister Smotrich
: "Stop deluding yourselves as if there will be no international pressure from the Americans and the like to stop us."
Minister Dichter scolded him
: "Do you understand that you are saying this from your military experience?"
Minister Ben Gvir responded:
"I wouldn't talk about military experience as a criterion for predicting what will happen.
I remind you that there is a room full of military experience here, and despite this, I was told before October 7 that Hamas is deterred and I just want to cause provocations when I demand targeted countermeasures."
Minister Dodi Amsalem
: "It is a huge mistake to stop now.
What did we go to war for?
If we stop now we will both eat the smelly fish and get kicked out of town.
We set out on a journey and said that Hamas needs to be overthrown, the army has great achievements and if we stop now it is a very long stop and we raise a white flag."
Minister Eli Cohen
: "Do the math and you will see that a release of 35 to 35 days and another week of negotiations to continue is a long ceasefire , and especially that in the previous deal for each abductee we released three terrorists and this time they are asking for much more, the price is ten times the previous deal."
Minister Ben Gabir
: "Such a deal will give Hamas oxygen, they will man their ranks, rebuild themselves, and besides, have we gone crazy?
Releasing many murderers, child killers, masterminds, and what will they do from now on - direct the movement?
Didn't we learn from the liberation of Sinwar?"
One of the ministers commented
: "So how will the abductees return?"
Ben Gabir
: "Only a military operation, the cutoff of fuel and humanitarian only in exchange for humanitarian, this will increase the pressure."
Prime Minister Netanyahu
: "There are three conditions we cannot agree to. We cannot allow the war to stop, we embarked on this move to collapse Hamas.
We will not be able to allow the release of thousands of terrorists - this is a fact whose meaning is clear to all of us and we will not be able to allow the IDF to leave the strip. Our strength is in our unity. I hope that everyone here will stay, and if not it will hurt us all."
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