(Why should he keep the war cabinet when its the U.S. telling him what to do?)
from Reuters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said on Monday, in a widely expected move that came after the departure from government of the centrist former general Benny Gantz.
Netanyahu is now expected to hold consultations about the Gaza war
with a small group of ministers, including Defence Minister Yoav
Gallant and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer who had been in the
war cabinet.
The
prime minister had faced demands from the nationalist-religious
partners in his coalition, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, to be included in the war
cabinet, a move which would have intensified strains with international
partners including the United States...
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