Falcon powers – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Egypt’s decision to join South Africa’s request in the International Court of Justice to issue orders against Israel during the weekly government session held on Wednesday.
Netanyahu warned that Egypt’s involvement in this matter would be “very dangerous.”
The Israeli government has decided to form a team of ministers led by Justice Minister Yariv Levin to formulate measures in response to the Palestinian Authority following the United Nations General Assembly’s decision to upgrade Palestine’s status and grant full rights to the Palestinian state.
The team will include Foreign Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who stated that “the time has come for the economic collapse of the Palestinian Authority.”
Netanyahu instructed Levin and National Security Council Chairman Meir Ben-Shabbat to draft a package of measures against the Palestinian Authority within one day.
This decision came after Israeli ministers proposed tough measures against the Palestinian Authority due to the UN’s decision.
Minister Miri Regev stated, “We must strike them a severe blow that would shake their entity,” while Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen said, “We must formulate a package of measures that harm them and impose a heavy price on them.”
Justice Minister Yariv Levin said, “We are trapped in a security level position that cooperation with the Palestinian Authority benefits us, at a time when the situation is deteriorating, and we will pay a heavy price for it. The damage caused by the Palestinian Authority outweighs its benefits, and therefore we must harm its senior officials and impose a price on the ground, especially through settlement.”
During the meeting, Netanyahu criticized senior ministers in the government who called for handing over the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority, referring to Defense Minister Benny Gantz, who warned against Israeli military rule in Gaza.
Netanyahu stated, “There are those in the war cabinet who say that the Palestinian Authority should enter Gaza, and I forbid it. They have the right to say what they want, but for me, I am not ready to accept that.”
Benny Gantz, Gideon Sa’ar, and Avigdor Lieberman, the individuals targeted by Netanyahu’s attack, did not attend the meeting.
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that its declaration of intervention in South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel “comes in light of the escalation in intensity and scope of Israeli attacks against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.”
