Not trusting Netanyahu Ben Gvir; a new division in the Israeli cabinet

Ten months have passed since the coalition cabinet of Netanyahu and the right-wing religious Zionist party took office. Netanyahu's alliance with the party led by Itmar Ben Gvir has faced many challenges since its inception. Critics and even Israeli leaders had warned about the entry of religious extremists into the cabinet. So far, the coalition has posed a serious challenge to the Israeli government and Netanyahu's cabinet.

The first challenge is that it has led to increased political divisions in the Palestinian lands occupied by the Zionists. Moderate right-wing supporters believe that the presence of hard-line people like Ben Gvir in the government endangers the position of that wing in the Israeli government because the presence of such a person who has no political experience and always raises tensions, endangers Netanyahu's cabinet . This is why Netanyahu's cabinet had very little support among right-wing Israeli Zionists.

The second challenge is that the presence of extremists like Ben Gvir widens the gap between the people and the cabinet. The frequent protests of tens of thousands of people in the last 10 months are one of the biggest signs of the widening gap. Continuing the protest and reaching the top of the gap between the people and the cabinet has led even Israeli leaders including President Isaac Herzog to warn about the internal collapse and the risk of civil war within the administration.

The third challenge is that the extreme positions of Ben Gvir and his allies in Netanyahu's cabinet have increased the chaos between the Palestinians and the Zionist regime, so much so that now the Palestinians have found the courage to join the movements and operations of the fight against the Zionist terrorists, operations which have spread into the occupied territories, including Tel Aviv.

The fourth challenge is that in the past 10 months, internal errors in the cabinet have become more public. Itamar Ben Gvir, the Minister of Internal Security and Yoaf Gallant, the Minister of War of the Zionist regime have had serious mistakes several times. In this regard, the 13th Colonel of Zionist Television has announced that in one of the recent security cabinet meetings held in mid-September, Ben Gvir attacked and severely criticized high-ranking army officers. However, Yoaf Gallant, the Minister of War, asked the military officers not to answer him.

With the continuation of Ben Gvir's radicalism, it seems that Netanyahu no longer trusts his internal security minister, so he has decided not to invite him to his high security meetings. This is in a situation where Ben Gvir is a member of the Israeli security cabinet. Aharonot newspaper has written that Netanyahu usually does not invite Ben Gvir to the meetings for fear of revealing information and secret talks discussed at the top secret meetings. This is because he believes that Ben Gvir is not worried or afraid of being exposed to that kind of security information.

Yediot Aharonot