In the wake of the October 7 massacres, the famously fractious Israelis muscled up their national unity and put aside deep political rivalries to form a war government. That arrangement couldn’t last forever, but it may not even last four months, according to news from Israeli media. And the dissolution might be caused by Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence on total victory — and stasis until it is achieved.
War cabinet minister and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot called for new elections and scoffed at Netanyahu’s promise to vanquish Hamas. Eisenkot, who lost a son fighting in Gaza, also declared that he had no confidence any longer in Netanyahu’s leadership:
The interview with Eisenkot aired hours after Netanyahu rejected the idea of holding elections in the middle of a war that he has said could well continue into 2025, and vowed to “bring complete victory”…
