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**Clearly this latest news is an appropriate follow up to my last report**

> [Gallant to Visit Washington- Netanyahu is radioactive](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/06/15/gallant-to-visit-washington-netanyahu-is-radioactive/)



[CBC](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-hamas-war-day-255-1.7236959)

**The group had included Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, who resigned from it earlier this month**

**Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved the influential war cabinet** tasked with steering the war in Gaza, Israeli officials said Monday, **a move that comes days after a key member of the body bolted the government over frustrations surrounding the Israeli leader’s handling of the war.**

**There had also been a large protest over the week end, mentioned in the CBC piece.**

**The move was widely expected following Benny Gantz’s departure earlier this month,** which he said came after mounting frustrations over Netanyahu’s handling of the war. **Gantz’s absence makes Netanyahu more dependent on his ultranationalist allies to govern**, and **the dissolution of the war cabinet underlines that shift is underway** as Israel continues its eight-month-long war in Gaza.

The cabinet consisted of Netanyahu, Gantz, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer. Gantz’s partner, Gadi Eisenkot — a former chief of staff of the Israeli Defence Forces whose son was killed in fighting in Gaza in December — and Aryeh Deri, head of the religious party Shas, served as observers.

Large protests on the weekend
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**Gantz’s departure, while not posing a direct threat to Netanyahu’s rule, rocked Israeli politics at a sensitive time.** The popular former military chief was seen as a statesman who boosted Israel’s credibility with its international partners at a time when Israel finds itself at its most isolated.

**Netanyahu’s government is Israel’s most religious and right-wing ever**. **In Israel’s fractious parliamentary system, Netanyahu relies on a group of small parties to help keep his government afloat.**