The appointment of Israel Katz as Israeli defense minister last month, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had dismissed Yoav Gallant for questioning him, was greeted in Israel with something between astonishment and ridicule.

Let’s put it bluntly: the Israeli government is on a mission to destroy any chance of a peace agreement with the Palestinians based on a two-state solution. It is not concealing this or apologetic about it.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not seem to think that his country fighting a war on seven fronts is enough. Therefore, he has opened another one. Or, more accurately, he has reopened a battle on the domestic front with greater intensity.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has never been one to let ideological or moral concerns diminish his insatiable lust for power. Control of the political narrative through manipulation of the media has been central to his staying power.