A resignation that brings turbulence to Israel

Jerusalem. "Our enemies have asked for a ceasefire." By these words, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu baderted that he had ordered a ceasefire with Hamas after the recent fighting in the Gaza Strip and tried to sell his shares as a victory. Israel. The situation of Avigdor Lieberman, the vocal right wing of Israeli politics, was quite different. The ceasefire is a "capitulation to terrorism", said Wednesday the president of ultranationalist Israel Beitenu. The consequence: Lieberman declared in protest his resignation from the position of Defense Minister and his party withdraws from the ruling coalition.

What Hamas has celebrated as a "political victory for Gaza" puts Israeli politics in turmoil. Because the Lieberman advance born in the former Soviet Union could trigger new elections. Israel's Beitenu faction has five seats in parliament. Without them, the right-wing religious government of Prime Minister Netanyahu would have only a slim majority of 61 out of 120 seats in the Knesset. This has taken, according to the media, consultations with other groups.

Lieberman, in turn, called on the remaining parties in the government to stand for new fast elections. "We should agree on an election date as soon as possible." The next elections are usually scheduled for one year.

However, a representative of Netanyahu's Likud party rejected the new elections. There is "no obligation to vote at this sensitive time for security," he said. According to him, Netanyahu temporarily badumes the post of Minister of Defense. Since 2015, he is also Minister of Foreign Affairs.

"We buy peace"
Lieberman criticized the Israeli government's line in the Palestinian issue as too "lax". During the ceasefire, he said: "We buy peace for a short time, which is detrimental to national security." The Israeli voter must now decide "what is the straight line".

Hamas celebrated the minister's decision. "Lieberman's resignation is a recognition of defeat, failure and helplessness in the face of Palestinian resistance," a spokesman said. They managed to "trigger a political earthquake" in Israel.

The ceasefire had unilaterally announced Palestinian militant organizations in the Gaza Strip after mbadive mutual shelling on Tuesday night. According to Israeli media, after a Security Cabinet meeting, the government ordered the army to continue its ceasefire.

In recent days, Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have experienced the most severe clashes since the Gaza war in 2014. At least seven Palestinians have been killed in the coastal strip in less than 24 hours, including at least five members. alleged militant groups. In Israel, 27 people were injured by missiles in the Gaza Strip, three of them seriously.

But the truce may soon be history again: Israeli naval soldiers shot dead a Palestinian fisherman near the border with Israel. Hamas could react with retaliatory strikes.

Saleh al-Aruri, deputy head of the Hamas Politburo, is leading their military operations. The United States has now suspended a reward of up to $ 5 million on the basis of evidence for the seizure of Saleh al-Aruri. Similarly, the United States also hopes to capture influential members of the Shiite Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.