To regain the confidence of Israeli society, which was already going through a major crisis before the start of the conflict, Benyamin Netanyahu has set up a “war cabinet”. Its mission: “to eradicate [Hamas] from the face of the earth”. Like Golda Meir’s Kitchen Cabinet during the Yom Kippur War (1973), it is based on a restricted circle. Although they belong to different political movements, members agree on the objectives of the offensive against Hamas.
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