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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Sa’ar accuses Gantz of blocking him from war cabinet seat
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New Hope leader Gideon Sa’ar accuses former ally Benny Gantz of opposing his inclusion in the war cabinet.
In a tweet, Sa’ar — whose party announced its split with National Unity alliance with Gantz’s Blue and White yesterday — accuses Gantz of opposing both his and hawkish opposition politician Avigdor Liberman becoming members of the narrow decision-making body.
“His opposition to changing the limited composition of the cabinet was based on a wrong diagnosis: ‘What works should not be fixed.’ A large part of the population feels and knows that there is much to be corrected in the way the war is being navigated by the limited cabinet,” he tweets.
“Lowering military pressure and slowing down the destruction of Hamas forces is not correct. At this point we should have [already completed] the operation in Rafah,” he charges.
“The destruction of the ruling forces of Hamas is also not progressing as required… This allows Hamas to restore its power,” he asserts.
He characterizes his decision to go it on his own as “not about politics but about the way to decide the war.”
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