Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former military Chief of Staff Benny Gantz signed an agreement late Wednesday to form a unity government to wage war against Hamas.
Benny Gantz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press event in 2020. JERUSALEM — As Israel prepares a massive counterattack against Hamas in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached a power-sharing deal with his chief political rival to form an emergency unity government expressly to prosecute the war.
by Hamas that killed more than 1,200, with even his own party loyalists calling for a new partnership with the opposition.And it is one more example of how the shock wave set off by the weekend events has swept away the previous political reality. Before Saturday, Israel was engulfed in the most serious political discord in its history, with mass demonstrations challenging government plans to restrict the power of the judiciary.
By bringing in parties from the opposition, the move may ease a sudden crisis of public confidence in the existing coalition.“This is good news from the Israeli public’s perspective as the legitimacy of the current government is very low because of what happened on Saturday,” said Hebrew University pollical science professor Gideon Rahat. “The first function of any government is to give people security and it totally failed.
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