AL-QUDS (Dispatches) – The Zionist regime’s opposition leader Yair Lapid accused prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet of steering the regime into a “political catastrophe,” citing efforts to prolong the genocide in the Gaza Strip.
“This cabinet has led us into a political catastrophe. One failure after another,” Lapid wrote on X. He criticized the prime minister for being “absent from the political arena” and described Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar as “useless,” adding that cabinet ministers “endanger Israeli soldiers every time they open their mouths.”
It came amid growing frustration about the continued war in Gaza and the failure to reach a deal to end it and return the captives. 
The opposition and families of captives have accused Netanyahu of yielding to the most extreme elements in his cabinet, particularly Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. Critics have said Netanyahu is prolonging the war to preserve his governing coalition.
Yair Golan, leader of the so-called Democrats party, said in a video statement Tuesday that Netanyahu had effectively lost control of his cabinet.
“This is no longer Netanyahu’s cabinet,” said Golan. “This is the cabinet of Smotrich and Ben-Gvir.”
“Smotrich and Ben-Gvir represent the most extreme fringe of society,” he said. “They are setting cabinet policy today, sending our sons to die on the battlefield, sabotaging captives release deals, and dragging this war on indefinitely.”
Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, the Zionist regime’s army has pursued a brutal aggression on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, killing more than 60,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children. The relentless bombardment has destroyed the enclave and led to food shortages.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former war minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
The Zionist regime also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.