force netannyahu to declare an emergency government and the participation of opposition leaders, benny ganzmilitary experts and leaders inside the israeli operation room now, mistrust in the israeli cabinet has not only spread among the israeli settlers, even israel's allies do not trust the cabinet anymore, as if saying, you cannot take control of what we handed you, and now we have to personally interview. between netanyahu and gans, there are fears that the disagreements between the two sides might affect the cabinet's decision. once again, we see a coalition signed between benny gants and netanyahu. this raises questions in israel, this means that legally through signing on paper things might get out of control. it all depends on whether the two sides have good intentions towards each other or not. this will impeed decision making. this is why yer lapid refused to join the emergency government. of course, this suspicion was also reflected in israeli social media where we saw sarcastic comments. here are few. what will gance do exactly? will he give up on the golani soldiers? the governm

it is good news because you're bringing in benny ganz, and you'll get some serious military expertiseand perhaps even a moderating constraining rule with respect to israeli policies toward the west bank. and it is good news because the government, according to its terms, the new government, when it is officially formed, will not be able to pass any legislation that is not directly related to the prosecution of the war or the intensification of the war that is coming. which means for the short-term and i would argue for the long-term, any notion of judicial overhaul, the government's efforts and rearrange literally the furniture of the israeli political system to make it less democratic, that's all now in the deep freeze. and finally i suspect that this emergency government, this unity government, unity government, yes, benny ganz and netanyahu can't stand each other, is going to extend for quite some time to come. on balance, i think frankly, amidst all the bad news and deep hesitation with regard to the dark tunnel that we are about to enter or the darker tunnel, it is a ray of light

even benny ganz, the country's former defense minister, a man who is currently on the cabinet making these decisions alongside other israeli leaders, he was very specific to reference what he has seen and why that was a motivating factor in what's about to take place in gaza. so the soldiers are motivated and they are ready. they do say, some of them, they are scared to go into battle, but they are going to do it to protect their country. on the civilian side, it's difficult. parents are trying to explain what's taken place to their children. one person described to me as ref are few gees in their own country -- refugees. and it's true. their homes were burnt down by hamas, they were destroyed, communities slaughtered. there are still bodies in these communities that are being worked through by israeli officials that can make it there, but it's often too dangerous to get to some of these areas along the border. it was a collective trauma for the israeli people. there's an understanding there are difficult days ahead. neil? neil: trey, i know you're getting tired of hearing this, my f

i've got a land prime minister, benjamin nathaniel, and benny ganz, the head of the national unity party, who is also a former chief of staff, a former minister of defense. you have other 2 people. well, also on that uh on that the booth cabinet who are uh, is that me as in called, who is a former chief of staff as what enroll on them, or who is a former a is riley basset to, to washington. they are there, as observers. now that cabinet is in charge of taking decisions on how to proceed with this world, whether it is in gaza or whether things we could expand on the northern border, then you have the larger uh, good government. and that is spelled the political security government that includes the members of the ruling ruling coalition and with the many guns and other members of his national you need the party. now their role is to, uh, from what we understand is yes to continue to be part of this emergency government to deal with all other aspects of what is that what has happened during this current war? now the emergency unity government is not allowed to legislate or to take any deci

but we spoke earlier with opposition leader, benny ganz, now in the cabinet, he used to be the defenseo say: you used to serve as a defense minister, you and i sat down in your office, we talked about the threats from hezbollah, from gaza. this is playing out right now. what needs to be done in terms of the situation in response following the massacre on saturday? >> first of all, it was a massacre, as you said, manager that we -- something that we are facing. it's unhuman, but we got control of the situation. we are removing into -- we are moving into an offensive in different ways. we are preparing ourself very seriously, other prongs as well. and i can tell you one thing, we're going to prevail and we're going to win this war that was the imepossed on us. i've -- imposed on us. i've been running around the south. i see pain but at the same time determination. and that's the same case up north and anywhere else. we have a united government. we will take all measures need to win this war, and we will. thank you very much. >> reporter: the politics have been put aside in all of this. m

one of the opposition figures who is actually seen as his potential alternative, defense minister benny ganz. that's supposed to go for the conflict. that's not something america had happen with politicians over iraq or iran. they also queened an emergency war cabinet over the possible ground incursion. some analysts note this new move today might reflect an internal or political weakness for netanyahu, who faces withering criticism since hamas rampaged through those israeli wns, as "the washington post"reports, and that the idea bh not netanyahu but that opposition politician i jus mentioned r a unity government to be formed. netanyahu may have felt he had little choice as public support grew over the next four days. this reinforces a point a loft people made. there is diversity and a broad range of views within israeli society just as there is within palestinian society. debates about how to govern and certainly about what to do regarding these foreign policy rifts for both societies. netanyahu's approach to both governing and the peace process has been very controversial for a long time i

so these 5 ministers which include the leader of the, of the national unity party, benny ganz, will be sworn in in front of the expenses. and then at some point, we should be also hearing from the prime minister himself. but i have to tell you just a short while ago we heard about it from roger. the year left, the do is the leader of the main office vision part in this country. the largest one. and he was actually quite critical about this emergency unity government. he said that now instead of having one, you have to government, i think it's, he's referring to the fact that we've been this emergency unity government. they will be it as a smaller war cabinet which will be made is made rather by the prime minister. the current defense submitted search you, i've got land, and benny gans who was afloat were defense minister and chief of staff who has extensive military knowledge. when yeah, here let people says that is not going to work because as long as they of these to fall, right. and what he calls extreme, its members of the government at things will not get better. and he has oldest

united between prime minister benjamin nathan, you know, and the leader of the national unity party, benny ganz. that there was a lot of speculation that, that meeting we've actually the, the outcome of that meeting rather wouldn't be the formation of this emergency. you need the government, which is basically a war cabinet. and that we have heard that that meeting has been postponed until tomorrow. morning $830.00 g m d, but that's not an indication of it is not happening for what we understand. it's simply because a prime minister was in tel aviv having a meeting with his security establishment with the military and that meeting it has gone on for hours. we're not really sure if it's over yet. we haven't heard about that yet. so there was no time to not to meet for the 2 politicians to meet, but the efforts in that way. and that is something that the prime minister, nathan, you know, would one sooner rather than later. because he, he was a very divisive figure at the moment he used to be mister security, not anymore after this. and he needs to show that he can leave the country and all of the

minister, benjamin netanyahu, is forming this with a chief rival of his, the opposition leader, man -- bennie ganz. there were questions about how they would put this together. but it is truly a war cabinet. it's an emergency cabinet in that they will not take up any legislation that is not related to the war. they will not do anything that is not war centered. and that will dissolve this emergency kind of coalition here as soon as the war ends. benny g. has been somebody who has been a rival of netanyahu's. he ran against him and had more votes than him in an election but was not able to form a government, and he also has been on the others of netanyahu on that very controversial so-called judicial reform plan of netanyahu's, which would've significantly weakened the powers of the supreme court and led to weekly protests of thousands of israelis. it was something that was seen as something that came between the two of them, who have not had a close relationship in any case, but now they are working together with the current defense minister to really focus solely on war, funding the war strategy,