On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who was recently calling for Israel to make “painful concessions” to reach a hostage deal with Hamas.
“Unfortunately, over the past months, the trust between me and the minister of defense has been broken. There were significant gaps regarding the management of the [military] campaign, and these gaps were accompanied by statements and actions that contradicted the decisions of the government and of the Cabinet,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.
Gallant is set to be replaced by Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz. Gideon Sa’ar, a former Netanyahu rival who joined the government after Israel’s dramatic escalations in Lebanon in September, will replace Katz as foreign minister.
Netanyahu’s decision to fire Gallant was slammed by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which represents relatives of Israeli hostages in Gaza. According to Haaretz, the group said the firing was part of Netanyahu’s “efforts” to torpedo any chances of a hostage deal with Hamas.
The firing was praised by Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir, who has called for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza and wants the establishment of Jewish settlements in the Strip. “I congratulate the prime minister on the decision to dismiss Gallant. With Gallant, who is still deeply trapped in his own conception, it is impossible to achieve a complete victory,” Ben Gvir said.
Israeli opposition parties called for protests against Netanyahu over the firing, and thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Tel Aviv to block traffic and light fires.
Netanyahu and Gallant have been at odds over much of the past year. In August, Gallant called Netanyahu’s goal of “total victory” in Gaza “nonsense.” Gallant has repeatedly called for a deal with Hamas but made clear he only wanted a temporary deal and didn’t want to end the genocidal war.
Comments from Gallant in October 2023 are often cited as evidence of Israel’s genocidal intent in Gaza. On October 9, 2023, Gallant said he ordered a “complete siege” on Gaza and said Israel was fighting “human animals.”
Katz, Gallant’s replacement, also called for a total siege at the time. “Humanitarian aid to Gaza? No electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened, and no fuel truck will enter until the Israeli abductees are returned home. Humanitarianism for humanitarianism. And no one will preach us morality,” he said.
”Send lawyers, guns and money… The sh-t has hit the fan…!”
If Iran responds to the Israeli missile barrage on Oct 26 , things are going to get extremely messy.
I fully concur.
"No one will preach you morality," well, you do know you are operating in congnitive dissonance between the ethics of your religion, and the lack of ethics of your quasi-religious state.
Unfortunately,people behave badly,irregardless of their religious orientation. Let us examine the importation of Africa slaves into the new world,hereditary subjugation of black on black peoples in Africa,hundred year wars,Spanish inquisition,and wars too nuberable to mention.
For sure…! Fake promises as usual…! Release the hostages, then we feed you, and then we Slaughter you on full stomach…!
And Hamas has been very happy teasing Israel with its hostages,to provoke the expected response.
For sure…! Fake promises as usual…! Release the hostages, then we feed you, and then we Slaughter you on full stomach…!
Well now at least he has a real political rival to take on. Parliamentarian government is the worst type of government you can have.
At least they agree about the genocidal war in Palestine.
It is a great relief to new American president Trump. He and Vance are also great supporters of the "final solution" of Palestinian problem.
It's ridiculous anyone thinking Trump will bring peace. The Russians will never conceded Donbass nor should they given the atrocities of Azov.
The situation with Iran is extremely dangerous now.
Trump will probably ignite the biggest war not stop it.
I think, what does concern Russian direction, he is more reasonable than neocons. About Iran, maybe, you are right. Still I am inclined to believe he is less reckless than neocons, and therefore, with Trump the world would be a bit safer than with Harris.
Last time around the neocons were in charge, he replaced his cabinet with people like Pompeo and Bolton and neocon approved policies. See Israel and the Trump policies, that is why the Zionists like him.
He continues where he left off last time around, the same goes for China, Biden stood in for him. All are psychopathic war criminals made of the same cloth.
Democracies are being ruled by an army of not so evil looking Jeffrey Dahmer. But boy, was he evil.
I am afraid the Trump/Vance solution is a "Finish the Job FINAL SOLUTION" like the Nazis attempted!!!! I am hoping that sanner heads will prevail & not make the
NAZI BLUNDER and end up bombed to obliviov & divided in tw0!
Quit the contrary-Trump may give Israel a very limited time to end the war.
Let's see how the squirming Democrats deal with the Squirming Israeli government. No shame in politics. Will the Trump transition team seek calm before inauguration day or add fuel to the fire?
A bit of disharmony goes a long way.
”Morality?…. Or, mortality?…
https://x.com/i/status/1764157415539290419
It smells like the ending of Vietnam. The demonstrations are picking up speed, so it looks to me.
Those whom the Gods wish to destroy they first make mad …
Bravit!
America Fires Joseph Robinette Biden and Kamala Harris.
And just like Israel, they hire someone just as bad.
May I ask you who you voted for?
I burned my voter registration card. I've decided not to participate any longer. But believe me, I detest Harris as much as you. But I'll let Caitlin Johnstone tell you why I detest Trump as well:
“If you’re anti-war than why don’t you support Trump?”
Because I fucking paid attention when he was president.
I watched the warmongering and militarism rolled out by his administration instead of mindlessly ingesting right wing media like a drooling idiot.
I watched the evil things he did in nations like Yemen, Venezuela, Iran and Syria.
I watched him ramp up cold war aggressions against Russia and pave the way to the war in Ukraine.
I watched him assassinate Soleimani and shred the Iran deal.
I watched him lock up Assange.
I watched him veto attempts to save Yemen.
I listened to him say he’s keeping troops in Syria “to keep the oil”.
I watched him starve Venezuelans to death while staging the most transparent foreign coup attempt in history.
I watched him appoint bloodthirsty PNAC neocons like Elliott Abrams and John motherfucking Bolton to high positions within the US murder machine.
I listened to Mike Pompeo say they’re squeezing Iranian civilians with starvation sanctions in the hope that it will spark a civil war.
I listened to Rex Tillerson brag about boats full of dead North Koreans washing up on Japan’s shores because US sanctions had successfully starved them to death.
I watched him shamelessly facilitate agendas that had long been promoted by the worst neocons and war whores in Washington while you dopes who are now asking me “why don’t you support Trump?” were letting Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson tell you how to think.
I don’t support Trump because I spent four years of my life staring right at the administration he was running and writing about what I saw unfiltered by the lens of party politics instead of letting a bunch of asshole pundits confirm my biases for me like you did. That’s the one and only reason we see him differently.
If you don't vote you have no right to complain about anything.
Voting is a right. I chose not to exercise my right. I didn't give up any right to complain. So, kiss my ass.
As I pointed out elsewhere, it's irrelevant. Israel is not going to fight this war alone, so it doesn't matter who runs the IDF. The US is going to fight the war for Israel. That's already been decided and it doesn't matter whether Biden, Harris or Trump is in charge – that is, is the front man – on this end, either.
As I keep telling people, this war is inevitable, it's a done deal. Both sides know that, they're just angling to get the most PR benefit out of being able to blame the other side for starting it – just like every other war in history.
What matters is the outcome. My bet remains that Israel is destroyed and the US is driven out of the Middle East permanently (and perhaps has its economy destroyed as well.)