Avigdor Liberman
Opposition leaders have made the haredi draft their No. 1 issue, hoping to capitalize on public anger.
Politicians from right to left said the U.S.-declared ceasefire means it’s time to bring the fight against Hamas to its resolution.
“Israel is working to defeat Hamas in various ways on the recommendation of all heads of the security establishment,” Netanyahu’s office said in response.
“Humanitarian aid should not have been allowed to enter since the start of the war, as long as our hostages are rotting in Hamas’s tunnels,” he told JNS.
Leftwing critics of the legislation said it compromises judges’ independence, whereas a prominent rightwing activist said it was too mild.
Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz said an agreement was as good as military action, but Avigdor Liberman doubted talks could block Tehran’s nuclear push.
Israel’s political and military leaders have not internalized the threat and are not preparing for it, the former defense minister says.
A poll revealed that 70% of the public would like elections pushed forward, but also showed a strengthening of the coalition.
JNS spoke with several rabbis who all stressed the importance of erring on the side of caution—namely, life.
The then-Defense Minister wrote of a scenario eerily similar to the horrors that unfolded on Oct. 7.
If the government has decided to eliminate Hamas and its leaders and will not settle for anything less, says the opposition leader, “I will join a national emergency government without any conditions.”
if the PM ditches the haredi parties, Avigdor Liberman would join the coalition.
