The foundation of the Israeli War Cabinet was laid in October last year.
Iran attacked Israel on Saturday night. After this attack, Israel's War Cabinet became active and held a meeting. In the meeting held on Sunday, it was decided that now a befitting reply will be given to Iran. However, no decision has been taken as to how Israel will take revenge from Iran. On April 1, Israel carried out an air strike on the Iranian Embassy in Syria, in which 13 people including two top Iranian army commanders were killed.
After this incident, Iran had threatened to attack Israel in revenge. On Saturday, Iran carried out its threat by attacking Israel. After this, Israel held a meeting in the War Cabinet and decided the future strategy. Know, what is the Israeli War Cabinet, why was it formed and what does it do?
When and why was the War Cabinet formed?
This war cabinet was inaugurated on October 11, 2023, five days after the start of the Israel-Hamas war. As soon as the attack took place, Israel's opposition parties in the country started questioning the then PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Anger was increasing among the public. To respond to this pressure, the foundation of the War Cabinet was laid. In this way a group was formed which included both government people and opposition.
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The aim of the War Cabinet was to keep an eye on the war. Decisions related to this can be taken and the power of the ministers of the Netanyahu government can be reduced. In his statement, Netanyahu had clearly said that the War Cabinet will answer when Israel will launch a land attack on Gaza.
Who takes decisions in the War Cabinet?
There are three key members in the War Cabinet who take decisions and vote. The first member among them is PM Benjamin Netanyahu. He is the longest serving PM of Israel. The second member is Yoav Galant, who is the leader of Netanyahu's party and is also the Defense Minister of Israel. Apart from these, the third member is Benny Gantz, a former army chief, who prepared the plan for Israel's ground invasion of Gaza in 2014. He has been one of Netanyahu's main political rivals, but joined his emergency government after the attacks in October last year.
Opposition leader Gantz and his allies are considered more moderate, experienced and pragmatic than Netanyahu's previous allies, giving his decisions greater credibility. Apart from this, it also has two observers. However, they do not have voting rights in the War Cabinet. Apart from this, there are some members who are not directly part of the War Cabinet, but ministers in the government are included in the Security Cabinet.
What is the work of War Cabinet?
Professor Amikai Cohen of the Israel Democracy Institute says, the job of the Israeli War Cabinet is to take tough decisions regarding border security. Apart from this, the same War Cabinet also takes important decisions on ceasefire during the war. No law has been made regarding this cabinet. It works independently and actually takes decisions related to the war or its management. Along with this, do you know how to respond after an enemy attack and what steps to take? Israel's War Cabinet takes all such decisions.
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