Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is a member of the Likud party, indirectly accused Otzma Yehudit party’s leader Itamar Ben Gvir of leaking private conversations. Ben Gvir is the national security minister.
This comes after the reports that Netanyahu had offered Ben Gvir a role in a select group of cabinet members receiving security briefings.
Prime Minister Netanyahu told Minister Ben Gvir one simple thing: whoever wants to be a partner in a limited security consultation team must prove that he is not leaking state secrets or private conversations, stated Likud.
As of now, it isn’t exactly clear if Ben Gvir did indeed leak confidential conversations.
Perhaps with the passage of time, some more information will come to light, that’ll explain why Netanyahu indirectly accused Ben Gvir of leaking private conversations.
In response, Otzma Yehudit announced its support for a law requiring cabinet members to undergo polygraph tests, calling on the prime minister to promote it quickly, provided that it also applies to owners of a pacemaker.
According to the media reports, this jab refers to Netanyahu, who had a pacemaker fitted last year.
Earlier this week, Netanyahu announced the disbandment of the war cabinet, a smaller forum created on October 11 to manage the military campaigns against Hamas and Hezbollah, following the exit of National Unity leader Benny Gantz from the coalition.
Ben Gvir, who is a member of the security cabinet but was not included in the smaller war cabinet, has expressed frustration over being excluded from key decision-making forums by the prime minister.
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