Lieberman says Netanyahu’s government ‘disconnected’ from reality
Former Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman has criticised Netanyahu’s government for being “disconnected”.
“Reserves are collapsing, businesses in the north and south are collapsing, the cost of living is skyrocketing, and what is the government doing? Transferring hundreds of millions to coalition funds tomorrow,” he wrote on X.
“Instead of prioritising the reconstruction of the south and the north, taking care of reservists and fighting the cost of living, this government continues to waste public money on political deals.”
Former Israeli minister accuses government of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza
Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon says Israel’s government is carrying out “ethnic cleansing” in northern Gaza. A prominent critic of Benjamin Netanyahu, he accused Israel’s prime minister of leading the country to “ruin”.
Speaking in an interview with Democrat TV, Ya’alon criticised the policies of Netanyahu’s government in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, saying: “We are being dragged into occupation, annexation, ethnic cleansing.”
Journalist Lucy Aharish responded by asking, “Ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip, is that what you think? That we are on the way there?”
“Why ‘on the way?’” Ya’alon answered. “What is happening there? [The military is] essentially cleansing the area of Arabs” in northern Gaza.