During the cabinet meeting, a presentation from National Security Adviser Eyal Hulata reportedly triggers an argument between several ministers regarding the Palestinian issue that highlights the deep rifts between the right- and left-wing flanks of the coalition.
According to the Walla news site, whose report cites four ministers who were present at the meeting, Hulata in his presentation only mentions the Palestinians in passing, drawing criticism from Regional Cooperation Minister Issawi Frej of the left-wing Meretz party.
Frej, according to the report, asks Prime Minister Bennett why the government isn’t convening a joint economic panel with the Palestinians.
Bennett, in response, reportedly says, “All you want is meetings, meetings, meetings, all the time.”
His comments are said to be met with further grumbling from Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai (Labor) and Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg.
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