This is the 13th day of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. This war was started by Hamas terrorists, in retaliation to which Israel has started attacking Hamas fiercely. Amidst the deaths of thousands of people, there is still a government in Israel in which there is no opposition.
However, Likud Party is still in power in the country whose Prime Minister is Benjamin Netanyahu. But, after this deadly attack on the country, Benjamin Netanyahu has formed an alliance with opposition politicians to form an emergency unity government.
In such a situation, four leaders including opposition leader and former Defense Minister Benny Gantz have taken oath as ministers in the government. The main opposition leaders, former Prime Minister Yair Lapid and former Defense Minister Benny Gantz, had agreed in principle to join a unity government after Saturday’s surprise attack by the Islamist group Hamas.
But later Lapid did not join the government. Israeli lawmakers on Thursday backed an extended “emergency government” after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a wartime government with his opposition parties.
Netanyahu, dressed in black, told parliament before the vote that “the unity we are establishing sends a message of great strength.” He also vowed to destroy Hamas. Let us tell you that Gantz’s former aide, opposition leader Yair Lapid had said earlier on Thursday that he would not join the government.
More than 1,200 people in Israel and 1,350 in the blockaded Palestinian territory have been killed in the fighting between Israel and Gaza terrorists since Saturday.
Netanyahu and Gantz announced in a joint statement that they had agreed to join forces in time of fighting, and would also be joined by a three-member “war cabinet” that also includes Defense Minister Yoav Galant. Let us tell you that Netanyahu’s ultra-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish allies remain in the government.
As part of his deal with Gantz, the prime minister has agreed to halt the hardline government’s divisive judicial reform, which sparked massive street protests – the largest in the country’s history.
“During the war, no bill or government-sponsored resolution unrelated to the war will be put forward,” the statement said. In such a situation, it can be clearly said that to deal with the war situation in Israel, a government has been formed in which the leaders of the opposition will also be ministers.
Now it will also be interesting to see whether this government is only for the war period or even after that something unexpected may happen. At present, in the war between Israel and Hamas, attacks are being carried out from both sides, in which news and pictures of the death of thousands of people are coming out.