No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

At in Benjamin Netanyahu's (יִמַּח שְׁמו) Israel.

So, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced 7,000 draft notices being sent out to Heradim (Ultra-Orthodox) conscripts, and was promptly fired by Benjamin Netanyahu. (יִמַּח שְׁמו)

Gallant's actions were sensible and serve the needs of Israel, but they do not serve the needs of Netanyahu's coalition partners, and if they bail from the coalition, Bibi loses power and goes to jail.

As I have stated before Benjamin Netanyahu (יִמַּח שְׁמו) would sacrifice anyone and anything, including the future of the state of Israel to save his own ass:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s firing of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is not a surprise. Given the bad blood between them and Netanyahu’s desire to squelch any and all dissent within the ranks of his ruling coalition, it was inevitable. But the timing is notable for a few reasons.

First, it comes on the heels of Gallant yesterday approving a round of 7,000 new draft orders for Haredi conscripts. This is after 3,000 draft notices for Haredim were issued earlier this year, and only 230 of those receiving notices reported to the Israel Defense Forces induction center.

Drafting the Haredim has been the major issue in Israel this week in light of Haredi threats to vote against the budget unless the coalition passes a bill addressing their draft-evasion priorities. Today, Netanyahu pulled a bill from the Knesset that would have guaranteed daycare subsidies for Haredi draft dodgers because it could not command a majority. Gallant was the bill’s leading opponent in the coalition. The Haredim pulling out of the coalition is Netanyahu’s nightmare since it will cost him his majority, and that possibility increased today when the prime minister was not able to wrangle his coalition to pass the incredibly unpopular bill, which is opposed by nearly every non-Haredi Israeli. Netanyahu is hoping that firing Gallant removes one big obstacle. 

But wait, there is more.  It appears that Netanyahu aides leaked secret documents in an attempt to sabotage any hostage deal with Hamas.

The only reason for this is to prolong the war in order to keep Netanyahu in power.

Second, the other big news this week is the arrest of five people, including a Netanyahu spokesperson, for stealing classified information and leaking it to reporters to squelch support for a hostage deal. There is also an investigation into Netanyahu’s aides altering the minutes of war cabinet meetings afterwards to deflect blame for thwarting a hostage deal. Anything that changes the conversation and draws attention away from the leak investigation and Netanyahu’s inner circle is good from his perspective, and firing Gallant will definitely do that, at least temporarily. Netanyahu excels at flooding the zone to distract from bad news.

Netanyahu is a cancer on the Israeli body politic.