Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the delicate formulation of his coalition government precludes him firing Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman or Education Minister Naftali Bennett, despite their criticism of his handling of the 2014 war with Hamas in Gaza.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and incoming Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman hold a press conference in the Knesset on Monday, May 30, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
“In our system of government, a coalition government, it is problematic, the government may fall,” Netanyahu tells reporters, according to Channel 2. “This is not a presidential system — I cannot fire them,” he says.
Both Liberman, who heads the Israel Beytenu party, and Jewish Home leader Bennett have lambasted Netanyahu for the way in which the 50-day conflict was managed, in particular the poor communication between the PM and then-defense minister Moshe Ya’alon and the rest of the security cabinet.
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