Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that his government is facing 3 conflicts, namely the Iranian file, political chaos and "terrorism," as he described. Egypt is hosting a five-way meeting to discuss truce between the Palestinians and Israel, amid condemnation by Palestinian factions of PA sharing.
Netanyahu said during the weekly cabinet meeting that he would not accept continued political chaos, street closures and violence as tens of thousands of Israelis continued to demonstrate against the government's planned "judicial reforms."
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and the opposition warned that increased demonstrations "could lead to civil war" in Israel.
More than 200,11 Israelis demonstrated on Saturday for the <>th consecutive week against "judicial amendments" that would allow parliament to overturn Supreme Court decisions by a simple majority and could help overturn a possible conviction of Netanyahu, who is being prosecuted on corruption charges in several cases.
The Israeli prime minister stressed that Tel Aviv will not allow Tehran to acquire a nuclear weapon, stressing that the occupation army is working around the clock to eliminate what he called "terrorist cells."
Netanyahu's remarks coincide with a "security summit" to be held Sunday in Sharm el-Sheikh between senior Palestinian, Israeli, Jordanian and American political and security officials.
The meeting comes "as a continuation of the discussions that took place at the Aqaba meeting in Jordan last February," according to a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.
For their part, the Palestinian factions called on the PA not to participate in the "security summit," saying that Israel is taking advantage of these summits and security meetings "to launch more aggression against our people."
This year witnessed an unprecedented Israeli escalation in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, which resulted in the martyrdom of 84 Palestinians, including 15 children, women and prisoners in Israeli prisons, while 14 Israelis were killed in separate operations.