A tireless subversive: War Cabinet member Gadi Eisenkot from the state camp sharply attacked the prime minister on Wednesday afternoon regarding the conduct of the war against Hamas.
Eisenkot claimed: "'Total victory' is a catchy slogan, so whoever sows promises of 'we will deal with the battalions in Rafah and then return the kidnapped' is sowing a false illusion. Netanyahu has failed in security and the economy.".
He said, "My basic duty is to tell the truth as it is, and to chart a path. Slogans and slogans fall on the attentive ears of some people, because that's what you want to believe in a difficult time. This is an event that will take time, dealing with the Gaza Strip, which will take three to five years for significant stabilization, and after that many more years to build an alternative to Hamas. Our achievement should ultimately be a different regime, the demilitarization of the Strip.".
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The minister, who, along with Benny Gantz, is threatening to resign from the government if the conditions they set are not met, added that Netanyahu has failed in all the major goals he set for himself after winning the last elections. "The first goal was to stop the Iranian nuclear program. You don't have to be in the intelligence reports to know that Iran is in the most advanced and threatening place since it started this program.
""The second goal was striving for peace with Saudi Arabia. It seemed like we were a 'step' away from that. Today it seems quite far away. The third - preserving the economy and lowering the cost of living. It is clear that the trends are negative now and the predicted future is not promising. The fourth goal was restoring security and governance. No need to add words - it is clear that the government has failed miserably.".
Eisenkot, who as Chief of Staff was one of the fathers of the IDF's conception and failure, added: "Questions are being raised, and rightly so, about how to end this war. There is no doubt that a country's pursuit is to win the war. The test is always the distance - and here, what is on the scales after eight months is whether it is right and possible to market a quick victory, a 'total victory' or whether we need to look for something that is more difficult to explain, but which is victory through a strategic reversal. We need to present priorities in time as well, and try to build an answer of an operational achievement in the south that must include the return of the hostages, which will enable a settlement in Lebanon and entry into negotiations between the US and Saudi Arabia.".
It should be noted that Syria demands the establishment of a Palestinian state within the framework of the agreement.
The Likud said in response: "Eizenkot and Gantz are looking for excuses to end the war without achieving its goals, and to resign from the government in the midst of the war. Instead of pursuing victory, they are engaging in petty politics.".
