When Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his defence minister, Yoav Gallant, on November 5, he was settling accounts with the only well-qualified and experienced member of his cabinet.
The war is still being fought on many fronts and Israel is preparing istelf for Iran’s long announced next assault. But Netanyahu chose to dispense with a defence minister with a distinguished military career.
His replacement, Israel Katz, is a nonentity who has no serious military experience. His tenure at the foreign ministry had only been noteworthy for his posts on social media insulting foreign leaders.
