A political source says the limited security discussion convened for Friday noon is a routine matter, moved from Thursday because of the Tisha B'Av fast. The claim contradicts earlier reports that described the timing as unusual.
A political source told a Hebrew-language outlet on Thursday evening that the limited security discussion Prime Minister Netanyahu convened for Friday noon is routine and was moved from Thursday because of the Tisha B'Av fast. The source downplayed the significance, describing it as a standard scheduling adjustment. The claim contradicts earlier reports that characterized the Friday noon timing as relatively unusual.
The Zioneer reported at 18:49 Jerusalem on Thursday that Netanyahu had summoned a limited security discussion for Friday noon, citing the phrasing as unusual. The report tied the discussion to uncertainty over Netanyahu's planned trip to Washington for Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral and to tensions within Likud over primaries. In a subsequent update, analyst Yair Goldblatt was quoted describing the Friday cabinet timing as 'unusual'. The new anonymous source offers a contrasting explanation, attributing the scheduling change to the Tisha B'Av fast.
The Zioneer has previously covered scheduling shifts in the security cabinet, including a postponement of the political-security cabinet to Tuesday on July 5. President Isaac Herzog delivered a special statement on the eve of Tisha B'Av on July 21, underscoring the significance of the fast day. The explanation that the discussion was moved to avoid the fast day fits within that context.
The source's claim remains anonymous and has not been independently corroborated. It is not clear whether the discussion is indeed routine or whether other operational considerations played a role. The earlier reports characterizing the timing as unusual have not been retracted.
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