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New Delhi: Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas the Palestinian militant group in control of the Gaza Strip Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition alliance National Unity leader Benny Gantz Wednesday reportedly agreed to form a temporary war cabinet and a unity government to deal with the crisis...
Apart from Netanyahu, Gantz and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, the cabinet will have Likud party leader and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, and former Israel Defence Forces (IDF) chief and current National Unity member of Israeli Knesset Gadi Eisenkot serving as observers, said a report in The Times of Israel...
However, Gantz, who is also a former defence minister and IDF chief of staff, had reportedly demanded a smaller war cabinet and that no non-war related legislation be passed in the Knesset under the new unity government...
Apart from the five-member cabinet, the larger unity government includes five National Unity party members Gantz, Eisenkot, former minister of justice Gideon Saar, former culture minister Chili Tropper and former education minister Yifat Shasha-Biton who could influence impact political management of the war, given the difference in views between the various leaders...
On the other hand, Netanyahu and the Likud partys policies have been reportedly focusing on deepening Israeli occupation in the West Bank and implementing a status quo policy in Gaza, attempting to bypass the Palestinian Authority government led by President Mahmoud Abbas...
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