Gaza starvation nixed Netanyahu's plan to cruise through the Knesset's summer recess

As usual, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is simultaneously saying many (contradictory) things to many people. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who momentarily threatened to quit the government when he discovered Saturday night that there had been a U-turn in the policy on sending aid to the Gaza Strip, heard soothing words from Netanyahu about imminent victory and decided to stick around.

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