Security Cabinet meets as Netanyahu weighs Iran strike without clear US backing; Israeli law allows caretaker governments to wage war, but Eisenkot warns of political motives, accusing PM of trying to derail his coalition bid.
Senior figures in the emerging parliamentary majority have accused caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of pushing for a unilateral military operation against Iran without U.S. backing, despite reported opposition from the IDF chief and other senior security officials, as a political confrontation intensifies over the possibility of renewed war.
The allegations come amid an escalating dispute between Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar! party, who has been tasked with forming the next government, and reports of a heated telephone conversation between Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump over Iran. (Read More)
