Israel's New, Less Experienced Security Cabinet Seems More Hawkish In Iran
The eight members of the next security cabinet are known, but while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prefers to keep the decision-making body small, he may have to add two Likud ministers to compensate them for their reduced status in the broader cabinet.
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The most obvious characteristic of this new security cabinet is that several members lack any meaningful security experience. People like Ehud Barak, Dan Meridor and Benny Begin, who together had decades of dealing with sensitive security issues, are out of the picture. Lapid, Bennett and Erdan come without any comparable experience, and although Aharonovitch was a member last time, his expertise is largely in police issues.
It’s also unclear how this security cabinet would decide on the most pressing security question − an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. But at first glance it seems the new security cabinet is more hawkish than the last one.
The last forum of seven held many fierce debates on Iran. It seems Ya’alon, Meridor and Begin mounted a united front against an Israeli attack that wasn’t coordinated with the United States, and managed to block the opposing trend, which was led by Netanyahu and Barak, usually with Lieberman’s support.
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