Tensions mount in Israel’s war cabinet as Benny Gantz, the chief political rival to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, plan to visit D.C. 
At War With Itself
The Wall Street Journal reports Netanyahu’s War Cabinet Is at War With Itself
Fearing a breakdown in ties between the White House and Israel over the war in Gaza, Benny Gantz, chief political rival to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a minister in his wartime cabinet, planned a trip to Washington.
“There’s only one prime minister,” Netanyahu told Gantz, who defied the prime minister and met with Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday.
The move by Gantz to pursue the trip to Washington came days after the third member of the wartime cabinet, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, demanded the government pass legislation to draft ultra-Orthodox men into the army—a move widely seen as one that could topple Netanyahu’s coalition that relies on two ultra-Orthodox political parties.
The three men are a team of rivals, each with their own bitter back story of gripes and slights against each other. Each also has their own political ambitions, with most polls showing Gantz would likely trounce Netanyahu if elections were held today.
“In inviting Benny Gantz to the White House, the administration is sending an unmistakable signal of unhappiness with Benjamin Netanyahu, concerns that he may no longer be the reliable predictable partner that the U.S. needs,” said Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former U.S. Mideast negotiator.
Both Gantz and Gallant, former senior generals, are pushing for policies supported by the security establishment but opposed by many in Netanyahu’s hard-right and religious coalition. The two have publicly pressed Netanyahu to come up with a plan for who should govern Gaza after the war, and Gantz has joined Gallant in pushing the prime minister to enlist ultra-Orthodox men into the military.
Both are issues that could bring down the prime minister’s coalition. Netanyahu’s coalition, the most right-wing, religious and ultranationalist in the country’s history, includes lawmakers who flatly reject U.S. plans for a reformed Palestinian Authority to take over in the Gaza Strip.
“There’s no simple solution here,” said Gideon Rahat, a professor of politics at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. “Netanyahu is really in trouble.”
Biden Announces Airdrop of Humanitarian Aid
U.S. to Deliver Aid to Gaza Through Military Airdrops
Politico reports Gaza Airdrop Has Begun
The 38,000 meals were sent into Gaza just days after the United Nations raised the alarm, saying that nearly one quarter of Palestinians are a mere “one step away” from famine.
The 38,000 meals were sent into Gaza just days after the United Nations raised the alarm, saying that nearly one quarter of Palestinians — 576,000 people — are a mere “one step away” from famine, and all 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza have “woefully inadequate” food supplies.
Famine
One quarter of Gaza’s population, roughly 576,000 people, are near famine.
I am always skeptical of UN reports, but this one rings true. Even if that is half true, it’s an epic disaster.
Please note the math. The US delivered 38,000 meals to 576,000 people.
Don’t expect the miracle of loaves and fishes to be in play.
No Simple Solution
Netanyahu’s days are numbered for many reasons. But there is no simple solution no matter who is Prime Minister.
Polarization has increased in the US, Israel, everywhere. There are no magic answers.
I hate Israel and all zionist. I won’t buy any of their products. starving children and women and civilians. they can’t fight like the Marines like mount suribachi that’s why they go after defenseless people.
Netanyahu has dragged Israel from bad to worst… a country with very few friends now has zero real friends. What (little) support Israel receives going forward will come from political/private FACTIONS w/in now openly hostile countries. When those factions INEVITABLY lose control of (US govt.) budget pursestrings, it’s over for Israel.
Israel will not survive w/o REAL friends. Mere factions (think-tank warriors) swimming in hostile international waters will not be enough to keep Israel afloat, period.
Netanyahu will be toppled, and Trump’s second term will serve as a (moderate) political reset w/in Israeli domestic politics, imo. Netanyahu is HATED w/in Israel. He will not last much longer.
Yes, Trump is going to win in November.
The Dem-majority Senate will refuse to certify the election. SCOTUS will eventually force certification. Thereafter we can expect 1) an implosion of center-Left Democratic base/establishment, 2) a populist takeover of GOP operations & policy, and 3) a series of constitutional crises (incl. election fraud) will dominate US politics for at least 4-5 years… very messy, and will also compliment a renewed, non-interventionist withdrawal from the US’s expired role as GlobalPolice/Occupier/SugarDaddy/DenMother.
i.hope your right.
What did the Biden administration offer Benny Gantz to take out Netanyahu?
Here may be the answer that you dont want to hear .. he who births the most wins.
unless/until they other side makes it even again
Well stated opinion piece:
link to newsweek.com
Apparently, the link doesn’t work. It’s from Bassem Eid. He’s a Palestinian who lives in the West Bank.
My Fellow Palestinians: Stop Blaming the Jews—Hamas Is Starving Our Brothers and Sisters
in Gaza | Opinion
Published Mar 05, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Here’s the article with the correct link. It’s about time that Palestinians start recognizing that the root their problems is their leaders, from Hamas to PLO, not Israel..If Palestinians stop attacking Israel, peace is possible.
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My Fellow Palestinians: Stop Blaming the Jews—Hamas Is Starving Our Brothers and Sisters in Gaza
Published Mar 05, 2024 at 7:22 AM EST
How can we understand the terrible, self-imposed deprivation now gripping the people of Gaza? The heart-wrenching stampede that unfolded in Gaza last Thursday casts a stark light on the brutal reality of life under Hamas rule. It is a somber reminder of the urgent need to address the suffering of Gaza’s people, but it also serves as a crucial moment to clarify the accountability for Gaza’s plight.
The chaos and desperation that led to this tragedy are direct outcomes of Hamas’s governance, which prioritizes violence and killing Jews over the welfare of its population. The stampede, occurring during an aid distribution, tragically underscores the severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Driven by sheer desperation, people found themselves in a deadly crush, a situation that should never occur.
To pave the way for peace and stability for my brothers and sisters in Gaza, it is essential to acknowledge the root causes of their suffering. Hamas’s diversion of resources, suppression of dissent, and neglect of civilian needs must end. The international community, along with the Palestinian people, must demand accountability and seek a future where governance prioritizes human dignity, economic opportunity, and peaceful coexistence. Only through addressing these fundamental issues can we hope to prevent such tragedies and build a brighter future for all Palestinians.
As a Palestinian human rights activist deeply sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinian people and the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I can tell you beyond the shadow of a doubt that the terrorist group Hamas is responsible for the suffering of Gazans.
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link to newsweek.com
Thanks Jojo, that’s the opinion piece.
Ian Bremmer was saying, how this was the first time in US history that the US airdrops food to a civilian population due to a blockade enforced by one of its closest allies. It’s odd how the US kowtows to Israel.
american FEDERAL representatives are bought & sold… have been for decades.
the biggest buyer/seller (by far) is the zionist/israel lobby… have been for decades.
not “odd”… rather, utterly logical & predictable.
Well, one thing in Netanyahu’s favor is that Israel has got leading politicians of both the major US parties by the balls.
In the USA, Presidents run on domestic issues, but the job is primarily foreign policy. However, we elect the guy because he is not Trump, or he has a plan to balance the budget while giving out more freebies.
There is only a small area left to go. IDF must work hard and fast to liquidate the remaining hamas before the politicians lose their resolve. It will be a valuable life lesson for the surviving refugees.
Nope, Netanyahu is merely a poor djewish devil, like all djewish devils bein prosecuted throughout history as far as memory reaches…..Only one war criminal in the fckn world :PUTIN ! We gonna get im !
Victoria Nuland out !
Bibi bets that Hamas will Antifa during the Ramadan, starting on Mar 10. He ordered Galant to ease econ conditions in the west bank and to allow them to pray in Al Aqsa without limitations. During the Ramadan Muslims fast all day for one month. The war with Hamas was basically over two months ago. The IDF destroyed them as a military entity. They became a dispersed terrorist group as they were few decades ago. Bibi never tried to assassinate Nasrallah. They respect and understand each other, but he killed his grandson last week. Israel & Lebanon can reach an agreement with a few minor border corrections.
Bibi bets that a ceasefire 8 months before the Nov election is too early. For him and his supporters Benny Gantz is a traitor. He outsmart PM Ehud Barak, PM Olmert, PM Lapid and Liberman. He bet that the Saudis, king Hussein and Al Sisi enjoy what he isdoing to Hamas.
He speaks fluent English.
If they didn’t have no many kids, they wouldn’t have as many hungry mouths to feed. Pregnancy is an industry in Gaza.
Hamas paid for each new baby, just as governments here pay welfare mothers additional $$ for each new baby they pop out, with the idea that eventually, a huge increase in Palestinians would bust through Israelis border walls.
But now, with Hamas losing power, the $$ cash flows from Qatar and other Arab countries shut down and the UNRWA defunded, reality should be coming home to these people as they realize that they can’t feed all their extra mouths without constant handouts.
Woe is them.
Which ultimately ends us as woe is us because you can wager a lot of money the USA is going to feed them, rebuild and/or take them in as refugees.
Unless Trump becomes President.
If taking in Gaza refugees is sold as vital to supporting the new Israeli government and stabilizing the region, Trump will also go along with it. It will be an “Only Nixon could go to China” moment.
The Left will go along with it.
Jews will go along with it.
Christian churches will go along with it.
Muslims will support it.
MAGAtards will grumble about it but not cause any trouble.
BiBi is a fascist Jew. His tactics and strategies in the Middle East have made him a pariah there and nearly every other country in the world.
Factoring in the other pariahs on the world stage BiBi will likely be the first one to leave it.
The Middle East and the world will be better off.
After Hamas laid women on their backs, undressed them, rapes them, shot them and mutilated their body : Bibi is a Nazi who exterminated Palestinians, killing innocent children. From the river to the sea. Blood on Israel’s hands and their supporters. Shame everybody that doesn’t support Palestine.
Didn’t write BiBi was a Nazi. He is a fascist. His fascism prior to October 7th was on full display for the world to see and since then his response to turning Gaza into Warsaw ghetto should lay to rest any doubts.
Nobody survived Varsha ghetto. No trace of my family.
oh ur a jew
And you’re an ahole. But everyone already knew that.
And you have any proof that happened?
where’s proof even the un report.on it and shin bet have not said this is true
Millions are entering illegally with no ability to audit elections. Nobody should care about Ukraine, Russia, Palestine or Israel. We have a much more serious problem right here. If people don’t pull their cranium out of the backside of their lower extremity they are going to find out what happens when you don’t fix your own circumstances.
Fox News is relentless in the border coverage. 60 Minutes had a segment on it Sunday night.
The southern border needs to be locked down and ALL migrants turned around and sent back. The 8 million or so that have entered in the last few years need to be deported back to their countries of origin.
Other sources count 22 million hostile illegals.
Living in California has jaded me on this border stuff. I’ve watched right wing politicians in California whip up the rabble over the brown wave of illegal immigrants while at the same time hiring them in their and their financial backers business which in California was agriculture and apparel manufacturing over the last 50+ years. In fact 3 times anybody with brown skin that looked Mexican where rounded up and thrown back across the border between 1900 and 1950 here in California. Yes I would like to see the border secured but I’m not going to let a fascist rabble rousing right winger scapegoat the brown people from the south while at the same time they and their financial backers actually support the lowered labor costs that come with this illegal immigration by hiring illegals. I refuse to be manipulated for politician’s political gain but on the flip side the current resident of the White House should have been in front of this at the beginning of his tenure.
That doesn’t mean it’s not a problem. Rome let the Barbarians in to it’s regret at Adrianople.
It’s not just the “brown people” from the south. People from all over the world are coming in via Mexico, including plenty of Chinese looking to escape the rule of Xi. See:
I know left and right people hiring cheap labor, it’s wrong and it takes away competition from licensed workers (who have to pay the government to work)getting labor licenses are not cheap, but the real issue is there should be a correct way of coming into America, vetting them, check their health, have sponsors, stop illegal from coming across the border, have a system, or we as Americans will far apart ,
Netanyahu stay strong! It makes sick when I hear a two state solution,the Gasa leadership should have fed and taken care of their citizens, instead of starting a war!The world pressure should be on the Gaza leaders, to let go of all the hostages ! Instead As always ,use Israel as their Tool!
Netanyahu in trouble? Really? First, he has greater control of Congress than Biden does. He can ignore the White House. They aren’t going to do anything and certainly not withhold weapons. Pelosi once said that they would support Israel even if the Capitol was in ruins. In effect, the US is a vassal of Israel.
Second, OK, Netanyahu might be the only one who can assemble a coalition as PM, regardless of how unpopular he is.
Yes, he is seriously in trouble.
I disagree. You are listening to the wrong reports. Netanyahu’s coalition remains strong and will for the duration of the war. It is so strong that they can continue to expand Israelis settlements in the West Bank despite the wishes of Biden, Blinken and most of the western world. Here’s a recent article:
Exactly. This is more proof that he can safely ignore the White House.
He is always in trouble.
Yes, he might be in prison if he hadn’t started the war.
Correct and I expect he is headed there
Maybe he can share a cell with Trump? They can be prison buddies!
But then again, given how long it has taken to prosecute Assange, Netanyahu could stretch matters out until he dies of natural causes. Or he could ask for asylum in the Fijian embassy.
Pelushi circumsized ? no surprise though, must ve a big n
Israel has run a trade deficit since the late 1960s. It cannot sustain its current standard of living without massive cash inflows each year and probably central ban intervention to support the Shekel. The hatred of Netanyahu and Israel by a good part of the world threatens to undermine the support of foreign governments.
Bribery, blackmail and lobbying only goes so far.
Israel Balance of Trade
Israel has been recording trade deficits since 1959 mostly due to a lack of natural resources. Indeed, Israel major imports are: oil and other mineral fuels and uncut diamonds. Main exports are: cut diamonds, pearls and other precious metals and stones; electrical machinery and equipment, mechanical machinery and appliances and electronics. Israel´s main trading partner is the United States (28 percent of total exports and 12 percent of imports). Others include: Hong Kong, China, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and United Kingdom.
link to tradingeconomics.com
OTOH, THe US also runs a large trade deficit:
For 2023, the goods and services deficit was $773.4 billion, down $177.8 billion from $951.2 billion in 2022. Exports were $3,053.5 billion, up $35.0 billion from 2022. Imports were $3,826.9 billion, down $142.7 billion from 2022.
link to bea.gov
Are we similarly cursed? [lol]
So, Israel, a country with a population of 9 million has to sustain a standing military and the latest weapons in the face of potential daily attacks from more than 3 billion Muslims who would like it to no longer exist. If you look at a map of the area, Israel is so small in land mass that it is difficult to see.
But the poor Palestinians are so “oppressed” that they can afford to spend hundreds of $millions on weapons and cement for their tunnels. But, guess who is the largest contributor in the world to the UNRWA? The US government to the tune of $343 million in 2022. Is it still flowing there? Of course it is, there isn’t a country in the world that doesn’t qualify for US $$ handouts.
In 2022, China pledged $1 million to the Palestinians, and Russia $2 million. Of course, Iran gives Hamas $millions as well as weapons. Where did Iran get some of that $$? The good ole US of A.
Just to keep things in perspective, we gave Israel $3.3 billion in 2022. We now give them bombs and ammunition to kill Palestinians while we give the Palestinians (Hamas) $millions to fight Israel.
We have so much $$, we can just piss it down the leg of anyone with a pulse overseas. Will someone make it make sense?
So some think the PA can be reformed? Leopards don’t change their spots and scorpions can’t be reformed. Need find moderate Palestinians not connected to Hamas or the PA. They are a minority but they do exist and can make a peaceful and fruitful 2 state solution possible.
Getting moderate Palestinians to run things is a sensible idea. But the reality is the terrorist factions have deep pocket donors in Iran and Quatar and they will battle the moderates for control. Remember what happened to Sadat?
There are myriad reasons why a Palestinian state is a non sequitur and will never happen.
IT’S NOT OUR PROBLEM?
Egypt, Lebanon, and Jordan need to step up to provide humanitarian aid and leadership. Any solution coming from outside the region has no credibility among the those in conflict.
They aren’t going to do that because they have all been stepped on by the Palestinians in the past.
The US dollar/Iranian real fell to 607,000. Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey have their own economic troubles. Erdogan, Al Sisi and king Hussein attack Israel for political reasons, to please the mob.
The minute Egypt opens that border, there will be a massive stampede of Gazans into Egypt.
Egypt is having difficulty taking care of its current population economically. As with too many Arab countries, there are too many children (33% of Egypts population was under the age of 14 in 2022).
Arab men use their woman as baby producing machines. The more children they have, the more virile they are considered, even if they can’t adequately feed or care for a large family.
The UN should dump condoms and birth control pills from planes every month on them.
These countries will never become economically self-sufficient until they get control of their population growth.
The Alternate meets with the biggest Cretin in America, Harris, who can barely hold it together after she is clearly smokin’ the good shit before she appears on TV – – only to then say things such as:
“Today is today, and yesterday is today yesterday. Tomorrow will be today tomorrow, so live today so the future today will be as the past today, as it is tomorrow.”
She is a laughable idiot and the guy clearly knows nothing of how bad it has become in American Politics.
Kamala can be dubbed into Cheech & Chong’s movie Up In Smoke.
That’s a bit like something Rumsfeld would say! [lol] Remember:
She met Benny Gantz, not Biden, giving him a lecture.
I did some research on your quote and it is FAKE! I am no supporter of VP Harris but if you are going to post something, try to ensure what you post is valid. Otherwise, you are just part of the problem.
Arabia Saudi, old time ally, has a bitter resentment against US. The blindness of Biden has made the Red Sea a gate controlled by Iran.
Losing in Ukraine and loosing ties with Europe.
Pushing israel to a stalemate with the guys who enjoy burning American flags.
All the world thinuks USA is extremely unreliable.
I suppose Europe and Russia will get along, arab countries and Israel will negotiate protection with China or India.
US will stand alone, not a good thing.
Uh-oh, Mish is reporting about something negative going on within the government of Israel. Hasn’t that been redefined by “The Blob” as Antisemitism?? /sarc
It all depends on the level of malice behind the statement.
My point was that criticism of Israel’s government for whatever reason is often conflated in the United State with Antisemitism, which is faulty thinking. No government should be considered off limits, if we are to be a free people.
Me, on my high school Modern World History class quiz:
“what that Voltaire guy said.”
Jonathan Greenblatt of the ADL has stated that antizionism is a form of antisemitism. Like racism and hate, antisemitism’s definition expands as needed.
I don’t think so : Mish learns from us, from our comments. It’s a pleasure !!
The magic answer is for the US to solve its own (many) problems.
The human world is full of conflict and suffering.
We need to stay out of other people’s countries and mind our own business.
Some humanitarian aid is fine, but it’s not our place to intervene.
You can’t stay out of something you’ve been involved in from the begining, nor can you suddenly get religion and say it’s not your place.
The problem today is a result of that exact involvement in the first place.
The mutual hatred there is well established.
What can we do to fix that?
If those people want to kill each other, it’s their own damned business.
If that were true then no one could ever get a divorce 🙂
People and countries change their minds all the time.
Nonsense. No foreign government, Ukraine, Taiwan, Israel, or the many others we write hot checks to are owed U.S. intervention or loot. It’s a matter of political will and understanding that there are consequences to intervention or cessation of intervention.
sunk costs
Intervening is how we make MONEY now. THE MIC has its dirty mitts in everything to do with conflict and potential wars. THE MONEY IS BIG. Ask that fat asshole Nuland. She talks about the WAR MACHINE MONEY coming back to the USA. WE MAKE MONEY selling arms (but we pay for it from our Treasury and the MIC makes their bonuses…Nuland has her dirty hands into all of it.
Crooked US foreign policy exists because we allow it.
When will people stop voting for crooks?
ALL politicians are crooks because ALL humans are, at heart, crooks always looking to gain advantage over others.