A key member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war cabinet just resigned after stating that he believes Netanyahu's leadership "is preventing us from progressing towards a true victory."
Benny Gantz, a former defense minister who joined Netanyahu's war cabinet not long after October 7, withdrew from his position on June 9 because he says Netanyahu's actions are preventing Israel from achieving a "true victory" over Hamas.
"For this reason, we are leaving the emergency government today – with a heavy heart, yet wholeheartedly," Gantz said in a statement.
The ruling coalition will not collapse without Gantz, seeing as how his centrist Israel Resilience party only holds six seats in the Knesset. At the same time, Gantz's withdrawal is sure to cause a ripple effect across the Jewish state's political landscape.
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Is Israel losing the war, hence these continued political departures?
Gantz was joined by two other key leadership figures who also left their posts at the same time: Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot and Knesset member Yechiel Tropper.
The news drove Netanyahu to X where he lamented Gantz's resignation, urging him to no quit the "battle" but to instead "join forces" in order to "assist in bringing victory over our enemies."
Brig. Gen. Avi Rosenfeld, a top Israeli general in charge of Gaza operations, also resigned over controversy concerning his failure to stop the October 7 attack from occurring in the first place.
Rosenfeld wrote a letter to his superiors following his resignation stating that he failed at his "life's mission," which is why he decided to quit his military service altogether.
Rosenfeld is the second top officer to resign for the same reason, the other being the IDF's chief of military intelligence who quit his post earlier this year.
Could all these resignations point to serious problems for Israel in its quest to rid Gaza and the world of Hamas? Could it be that Israel is losing the war and that these are the proverbial rats fleeing the sinking ship? Some people seem to think so.
"One by one, the Zionist warmongers and their agents will resign as the tide of the world turns against them," one person wrote at RT, adding that the chickens are coming home to roost for the brood that thought it had this all in the bag based on "made-up Hollywood fantasies and Talmud fantasies of supremacy."
Another wrote that "this is how divine glory works in mysterious ways," crediting God himself for the gradual dissolution of Israel's war efforts.
"The Almighty has sown the seeds of dissension among these rabid dogs who will bite each other until their den of lies, corruption, and mass murder is destroyed," this person wrote.
"Netanyahu has been isolated and he'll meet his fate sooner rather than later. He will do everything in his power to divert attention through an unforgiving escalation with Lebanon."
Others noted that Gantz apparently quit because Netanyahu is not killing enough Palestinians for his liking.
"It's difficult for us humans to understand the evil of this 'Benny,'" one wrote. "He quit because his leader Netanyahu wasn't killing enough Muslim babies. Bloodthirsty devils arguing over who is allowed to murder babies and who would do it best."
Another wrote that none of these Israeli leaders seem to want peace, just more war and destruction.
"They want genocide. Gantz's view of victory is wiping them all and indeed throwing all Palestinians in the Sinai desert or the sea. Gaza is the Jewish version of the Warsaw Ghetto."
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