Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly privately bashing Transportation Minister Miri Regev of his Likud party over her conduct surrounding the embattled state memorial planned for the anniversary of the October 7 onslaught, which she is organizing.
Regev has refused to back down from the plans, even faced with overwhelming refusal to cooperate by Gaza border towns and hostage families, who are organizing their own event.
“I have no control over her,” Netanyahu claimed in a recent closed meeting, according to an unsourced report by the Kan public broadcaster. “I also think she is making a mistake regarding this whole issue. But there is no one to talk to; she does what she wants.”
Netanyahu has avoided commenting publicly on the matter, even as the split memorials have reignited intense divisions within Israeli society. His office declines to respond to the Kan report.
The report says some Netanyahu associates believe the premier should intervene and change at least some parts of the planned ceremony.
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