Israel’s War-Cabinet Rift Bursts Into Open Over Postwar Gaza
- Gallant, Gantz openly challenge Netanyahu position on enclave
- US urging Israel to make postwar plan — but conflict drags on
Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Benny Gant, from left.
Photographer: Abir Sultan/AFP/Getty ImagesIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s two war-cabinet partners are openly challenging his indecision over postwar Gaza — even siding with the US in pushing for Palestinian rule of the devastated coastal strip.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel should help establish a Palestinian governing body as an alternative to Hamas, a plan he believes would avoid the need for a long-term Israeli military occupation of the enclave — which he called a “negative and dangerous option.”