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Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Ministers tell Israeli TV that Liberman’s call for Gaza campaign just politics
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA pair of unnamed ministers in the security cabinet tell Channel 10 news that Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman’s call for a military campaign against Hamas in Gaza was meant solely to help his political prospects and was not a serious proposal.
The ministers also say the matter was not seriously discussed at Sunday’s security cabinet meeting.
“This isn’t serious. Liberman said this at the cabinet for the minutes,” one of the ministers is quoted saying. “In general Netanyahu steers the security cabinet meetings on Gaza and does what he wants.”
The other minister says Liberman’s remarks were “100 percent politics.”
“Just empty words,” Channel 10 quotes the minister saying of Liberman.
Liberman’s office tells the network in response that security cabinet members are fully aware of the plans.
The Times of Israel Community.