The Israeli newspaper Maariv reported, citing unidentified sources, that the attack against this deal was planned before the cabinet meeting held on Sunday.
She added that a number of ministers from the Likud Party, which leads the government, were asked to criticize the deal in the media.
The same sources explained, “This does not mean that the ministers were asked to say things they disagreed with, but essentially they were asked to highlight and announce their position, while spreading the attack on the deal at the cabinet meeting well.”
She pointed out that “the Likud members of the government who opposed the deal are the Ministers of Economy Nir Barkat, Diaspora Affairs Minister Emhai Shikli, Foreign Affairs Minister Yisrael Katz, Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter, Justice Yariv Levin, Education Yoav Kisch, and Transportation Miri Regev.”
The Israeli newspaper quoted Levin as saying, during the cabinet meeting, that the number of prisoners scheduled to be released for each hostage is unacceptable, considering that “it is also impossible to release them to the West Bank. We have to find a solution to this.”
Maariv newspaper did not explain the reasons for asking the ministers to attack the deal, at a time when numerous media reports stated that the United States was pressing for the parties to accept this deal.
The expected deal includes the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons in exchange for Israeli prisoners in the Gaza Strip, and a ceasefire in the Strip.
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