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On eve of Memorial Day, outgoing Labor chief accuses Netanyahu of ‘endangering our soldiers’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Outgoing Labor chief Merav Michaeli slams the government’s management of the war in Gaza on the eve of Memorial Day, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “endangering our soldiers.”
“On the eve of Memorial Day, the IDF chief of staff tells Netanyahu that the IDF is forced to fight again and again in the same places, putting our soldiers at risk, because there are no policy decisions about the day after. The minister of defense criticizes Netanyahu for not holding any strategic discussion about the day after,” Michaeli posts on X, formerly Twitter.
“The understanding that the lack of decision-making is endangering our soldiers makes it clear — we must do everything possible to prevent their deaths. Our brave heroes must not fall in vain. Loss has never been so painful and close as it is today. The pain has never been so searing. We will remember each and every one of them, and we will do everything so that their deaths will not be in vain,” she insists.
Michaeli’s comments come after IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi reportedly tore into Netanyahu during security consultations over the weekend for the failure to develop and declare a so-called “day after” strategy for who will rule Gaza after the war, according to Channel 13 news.
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