The Impeachment That Wasn't, and How It Will Now Serve the Left

An analysis on ynet claims that the storm surrounding Defense Minister Katz's interview was not a real impeachment, and blames the Chief of Staff's office for blowing the event out of proportion. The author argues that the left will exploit this to carry out wholesale dismissals of worthy appointments if it comes to power.

Nave Dromi, in an analysis for ynet, argues that the storm surrounding Defense Minister Israel Katz's interview on "Patriots" was inflated: there was no live impeachment, and Katz even said he did not intend to dismiss Central Command Chief Avi Bluth. According to him, the Defense Minister's office accuses the Chief of Staff's office of turning a "fly into an elephant," and the IDF Spokesperson's statement did not calm the spirits. He notes that Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir announced there would be no appointments during the election period, and mentions previous intervention by Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara in the appointment of Herzi Halevi. Dromi argues that government critics, close to terms like "Jewish terrorism," are exploiting the event for manipulation, and that the left is planning "wholesale dismissals" of worthy appointments if it comes to power, including Bluth, Zini, Gofman, and Yaniv Asor. He warns that these dismissals would be more severe than the current storm.