Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back today against criticism of his

Gaza strategy from within his own government. Israel's defense minister accused

Netanyahu of indecision and leading Israel down a quote dangerous course.

The public infighting comes as the Biden administration this week said Israel did not have a political

plan for what's next in Gaza.

Nick Schifrin has been following this and he's here with us now.

So Nick, what happened today in Israel?

It looks like the private infighting has burst into public view. For months, the Israeli military has been pushing Benjamin Netanyahu to look beyond individual

military operations and lay out a political plan for the future of Gaza.

Lay out the goals that the military operations

that he's ordered are designed to achieve. And today Galant, the defense minister, said

that since October he and military commanders have been pushing for a plan to have governance in Gaza led by

Palestinians with international actors and that would presumably require the Palestinian

authority to participate.

And today, Galant said that his proposal was never even debated and no alternative had ever

been proposed.

Indecision is in essence a Yes, it's a lot. Kamao.

Indecision is, in essence, a decision.

This leads to a dangerous course, which promotes the idea of Israeli military and civilian governance in Gaza.

This is a negative and dangerous option for the state of Israel, strategically, militarily,

and from a security standpoint.

We must make tough decisions for the future of our country

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