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Sunday, October 19, 2025
Cabinet votes to rename Gaza war from ‘Swords of Iron’ to ‘War of Revival’
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The government overwhelmingly approves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to rename the war in Gaza “The War of Revival” despite opposition from some hostages’ families and a few members of the cabinet.
Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli (Likud) abstains while Settlements and National Projects Minister Orit Strock (Religious Zionism) votes against it.
Chikli writes on X that the term “revival” in fact “belongs to the founding of the state and the founding generation.”
Strock says it is “too early” to determine the outcome of the war and give it an official name, asserting that it is necessary “to wait and see if we achieve all [of the war’s] goals.”
Today Netanyahu said the new name indicates how “we rose from the terrible disaster of October 7.”
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