The revolt against Binyamin Netanyahu

The pivot against Mr Netanyahu began not with the politicians but with the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) in the past week or so. In off-the-record briefings generals have accused him of blocking any day-after plans for Gaza and “squandering” Israel’s gains in the war. “It’s the prime minister’s job to set strategy,” says a general. “But when there is no strategy it is the army’s job to warn of the dangers.” Because Mr Netanyahu has blocked the creation of an alternative force or authority to govern Gaza, there has been a vacuum which the remnants of Hamas have re-emerged to fill. In recent days, the IDF has been forced to re-deploy forces to parts of northern Gaza which it had claimed to have “cleared”. Hamas is again launching rockets at Israel.