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Netanyahu’s statements come in the wake of widespread press coverage of how a meeting held last Thursday to discuss the position on post-war Gaza ended.
Published on: 07 January 2024: 23:59 GST Last updated: 08 January 2024: 00:17 GST
The Jerusalem Post newspaper said Netanyahu announced plans on Sunday to introduce a law that would force officials participating in discussions on national security issues to undergo a lie detector examination.
Netanyahu revealed that many details of the government’s deliberations are shared with the press: “We have an epidemic of leaks and he is not willing to continue like this.”
He added: “Therefore, I have directed the promotion of a law stipulating that anyone who participates in government or security discussions will be subjected to a lie detector test,” Netanyahu newspaper reported during a cabinet meeting broadcast by Israeli Channel 12. .
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Netanyahu’s statements come in the wake of widespread press coverage of how a meeting held last Thursday to discuss the position on post-war Gaza ended.
Israeli media broadcast parts of the session, which was supposed to be closed, and included criticism and angry arguments between some government members and army officers.
Israeli government ministers from the opposition Official Camp Party refrained from attending the weekly government session on Sunday due to internal political differences, according to Al Hurra’s correspondent in Jerusalem.
Its popularity has waned
An opinion poll on Tuesday showed that only 15% of Israelis want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remain in office after the war against Hamas ends, and that many still support his strategy in Gaza.
Netanyahu pledged to crush Hamas after its October 7 attack in southern Israel, which killed 1,200 people and captured 240 others. In response, Israeli forces destroyed much of the Gaza Strip during their long-running offensive nearly three months, killing more than 22,000 people.
Netanyahu said such intense military pressure was also needed to ensure the return of the 129 prisoners still held in Gaza after around 100 of them were released in late November in a swap deal that also included the release of hundreds of Palestinians.
In the survey conducted by the Israeli Democracy Institute, 56% of respondents said that continuing the military attack is the best way to recover the prisoners, but 24% said it was better to reach a swap deal that includes the release of thousands of other prisoners. Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons.
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