Netanyahu Reshuffles Cabinet : Meet Israeli Occupation New Defence Chief

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🧵Netanyahu Reshuffles Cabinet: Meet Israeli Occupation New Defence Chief.

Israel Katz, formerly Israel’s top diplomat, has now been appointed defence minister after occupation PM Benjamin Netanyahu fired Yoav Gallant from the post. Interestingly, Katz has held an array of ministerial posts in the Israeli government since 2003.

▪️Katz is a member of Netanyahu’s Likud, a major right-wing political party in Israel, who has been a member of Knesset since 1998.
▪️Since 2003, Katz has held various ministerial posts, including Minister of Agriculture (2003-2006), Minister of Transport (2009-2019), Minister of Intelligence (2015), Minister of Energy (2022-2024), and Minister of Finance (2020-2021). He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs twice (2019-2020; 2024).

▪️During his “fruitful” political career, Israel Katz has maintained a controversial policy towards Palestine, openly supporting the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, while fiercely opposing the two-state solution.

▪️As Foreign Minister, Katz declared UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres persona non grata in October 2024. His motivation was that Guterres had failed to “unequivocally condemn” Iran’s missile attack on Israel, accusing the Secretary General of antisemitism.

▪️Katz ordered the Israeli Foreign Ministry to commence legal proceedings against French President Emmanuel Macron in response to France’s prohibition against Israeli military companies from partaking in a major defence expo in Paris.

▪️In February 2024, Katz floated the idea of establishing an artificial island off the coast of Gaza, hinting that it could serve as a settlement for Palestinians. This would imply the forced relocation of Gazans from their homes within the enclave.