Bennett conditions coalition changes on improved intel sharing

Education Minister Naftali Bennett conditions approval for the expansion of the coalition on Netanyahu correcting “the deficiencies” of intelligence sharing with the security cabinet.

“One cannot expect members of the cabinet to bear responsibility for the security of Israel without giving them the necessary tools; therefore this is a condition of the entire Jewish Home faction for approving the latest changes in the makeup of the government and cabinet,” he says, according to Army Radio.

“This is not a sectarian condition, but rather a critical national need of all members of the cabinet and the one who heads it,” he adds.

A recently leaked report by the state comptroller lists the failure to share information with the security cabinet as one of the flaws in the handling of the 2014 conflict with Hamas in Gaza.