Bar stressed the importance of working to stabilize the West Bank and combating settler violence so that the IDF doesn’t have to suddenly contend with an eastern front while it is fighting Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
, Maariv says.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would bring the matter before the full cabinet. At which point he was interrupted by Bar who explained that the full cabinet is not the solution, but part of the problem as there are ministers in the government that are trying to ignite the area, Maariv says, ostensibly referring to Finace Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and other ministers from their far-right parties who have opposed steps to stabilize the PA.
Ultimately, the cabinet voted to transfer some of the tax revenues to the PA but deducted roughly NIS 100 million ($26 million) in funds that Ramallah uses to pay for services in the Gaza Strip — a cut that was still opposed by the security establishment and infuriated the Biden administration, according to a US official.