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One of the lessons of this war up until now is that the people who dominate the aid, dominate the politics of the strip.

The GHF is not putting aid into the hands of anti-HMas Gazans. It is putting it into the hands of

American contractors to do the distribution, at least for the time being. If, over time,

Gazans opposed to Hamas were to join that supply line and perhaps eventually supplant the American role in the distribution,

then you have the beginnings of a new anti-Hamas or post-Hamas civil administration in Gaza. It's 9.15 p.m. on Thursday, June 5th here in New York City. It is 4.15 a.m. on Friday, June 6th in Israel,

as Israelis get ready for a new day.

Political news has been erupting out of Israel over the past two days as tensions simmer

within Prime Minister Natanyahu's government. The coalition's ultra-Orthodox parties,

the Kharedeem, those parties are United Torah Judaism and Shas, both announced that they will

join the opposition to vote in favor of dissolving in the Knesset due to its failure to pass a law

exempting the ultra-Orthodox Israelis from serving in the IDF. If a simple majority votes in favor

of dissolving the Knesset, it would force parliamentary

elections, in which Prime Minister Netanyahu's political survival would be uncertain. During

yesterday's commotion in the Knesset, an audio recording was leaked to Israel's Channel 13, which

revealed Natanyahu telling a senior rabbi that he dismissed former defense minister

Yoav Galant and former IDF chief of staff, Hertzia Levy, in order to facilitate the passage

of the exemption bill for the Khareideem, calling Halavi and Galant obstacles to accomplishing that.

Today, the IDF announced that over 50,000 draft orders

will be sent to Yeshiva students this July. Large protesters ensued both by supporters of the

opposition to Israel's government and also supporters of the coalition. These protests were in Tel Aviv and in Jerusalem,

respectively. As if the news pouring out of Israel wasn't enough, major developments are also taking

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