WHAT DO YOU MAKE, AND WHY DO YOU THINK, BENNY GANTZ IS GOING TO MEET WITH TOP U.S. OFFICIALS AT THE WHITE HOUSE?

NETANYAHU DID NOT WANT HIM TO GO, HE'S APPARENTLY, ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, TOLD THE AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON NOT TO, YOU KNOW, FACILITATE OR ATTEND ANY OF THESE MEETINGS WITH GANTZ.

WHAT DO YOU THINK COULD BE UNDER WAY?

>> LOOK, RELATIONSHIP, INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES IS CRITICAL FOR THE VERY FEASIBILITY OF ISRAEL TO ACHIEVE A COMPLETE THIS MISSION.

WE RELY UPON THE UNITED STATES FOR MUNITIONS TO OUR TANKS, ARTILLERY, EVEN THE INTERCEPTORS OF IRON DOME.

WE DEPENDENT UPON THE UNITED STATES TO BACK US FINANCIALLY.

WE DEPEND UPON THEM TO DETER IT FROM SPREADING INTO A REGIONAL WAR OF ATTRITION, OR EVEN A FULL-SCALE WAR BACKED BY IRAN, AND PROBABLY BEHIND THEM RUSSIA, WITHIN THE AXIS OF ROGUE STATE.

WE ARE DEPENDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN A DECISION IN THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL.

AND WE EVEN NEED THEM IN THE FUTURE TO HELP US TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE OF THE CRIMINAL COURT IN THE HAGUE.

SO, WE CANNOT WIN A REGIONAL WAR WITHOUT HAVING AMERICAN OUTSIDE, SO, IT IS CRITICAL TO COORDINATE.

NOW, FOR REASONS THAT I CANNOT EXPLAIN, NETANYAHU DID NOT ALLOW THE MINISTER OF DEFENSE, WHO IS THE NATURAL MEMBER OF CABINET TO GO TO THE UNITED STATES, TO ORGANIZE WITH THE PENTAGON, THE AMERICANS, I CANNOT UNDERSTAND.

SO GANTZ TOOK THE CHALLENGE AND HE'S GOING THERE.

HE'S WELL-KNOWN THERE, HE WAS MINISTER OF DEFENSE, HE WAS HEAD OF THE IDF, HE KNOWS THE PEOPLE, THEY KNOW HIM, THEY APPRECIATE HIM, THEY EXPECT TO HEAR FROM HIM DIRECT AND HONEST REPORT OF THE SITUATION.

>> SO, MR. -- >> MORE SHOULD BE DONE.

>> YOU ARE SAYING WHAT SHOULD BE DONE, GANTZ IS DOING IT, NETANYAHU DOESN'T WANT HIM TO DO IT.

NETANYAHU HAS BEEN BASICALLY BEEN THUMBING HIS NOSE AT PRESIDENT BIDEN.

SAYS ONE THING IN ENGLISH, SAYS ANOTHER HINGE IN HEBREW TO HIS FAR-RIGHT COALITION PEOPLE, AND ESPECIALLY, HE'S SAYING NO TO A POST-WAR PLAN THAT THE AMERICANS WANT AND THAT MOST ALLIES WANT, AND -- WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?

THERE SEEMS TO BE NO STRATEGY, MAYBE TACTICS GOING IN A CERTAIN WAY, BUT THERE'S NO STRATEGY FOR AFTERWARDS.

NOT EVEN FOR AID DELIVERY, AS WE SAW LAST WEEK.

>> IT'S ANOTHER GRAVE MISTAKE.

I SEE THE FOLLOWING SITUATION.

THE 7th OF OCTOBER WAS THE WORST BLUNDER IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY.

SINCE THEN, WE HAVE THE LONGEST WAR SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT IN 1948, AND AS IED EARLIER, THE MILITARY TASK IS STILL MONTHS DOWN THE STREAM, AND THERE IS BY NOW A CHOICE TO BE MADE.

ARE WE SAYING, YES, BUT -- TO BIDEN PROPOSAL, OR ARE WE GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, GOING TOGETHER WITH THE MINISTERS THAT SEEMS TO DICTATE TO NETANYAHU, HIS BEHAVIOR.

AND IT'S A CRITICAL CHOICE.

NETANYAHU TOTALLY LOST ANY DROP OF SUPPORT IN THE PUBLIC, 4 OUT OF 5 ISRAELIS SEE HIM AS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BLUNDER ON OCTOBER 7th.

3 OUT OF 4 WANT HIM TO RESIGN.

SO, I THINK THAT INSTEAD OF ALL THIS MANIPULATION THAT ARE BASICALLY AIMED AT SURVIVAL OF NETANYAHU IN POWER, THE COUNTRY SHOULD GO TO ELECTION AND DECIDE, MAKE A DECISION.

AND IT'S NOT ANYONE BUT BIBI.

BIBI CAN'T RUN IN THIS ELECTION, IF HE WINS, WHICH HE CANNOT, BUT IF HE WINS, HE WILL LEAD THE COUNTRY.

BUT IT IS RISKING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY TO SEE NETANYAHU KEEP LEADING THIS WAR.

ANOTHER FORMER COMMANDER OF THE IDF, WHO IS NOW MEMBER OF THE WAR CABINET, SAID IN A LETTER TO OTHER MEMBERS OF CABINET, NO STRATEGIC DECISION HAS BEEN MADE IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

WE ARE ALL PLAYING WITH TACTICS, AND WE ARE RISKING BOTH THE POSTURE OF ISRAEL IN THE REGION, IN THE WORLD, BUT ALSO WE ARE RISKING THE VERY ACHIEVEMENT, ALL THAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BY THE IDF, BECAUSE OF THIS PARALYZING INABILITY TO TAKE DECISION AND MOVE AND THINK THE DAY AFTER.

I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THE DAY AFTER SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED FOUR MONTHS AGO, IN THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK.

AND DISCUSSED PUBLICLY.

THERE IS NO WAY -- IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH PORT YOU WANT TO REACH, NO WIND WILL TAKE YOU THERE.

>> WELL, IN THAT -- >> WAR CANNOT BE WON IF THE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP CANNOT TELL -- DIRECT THE ARMED FORCES, WHAT IS THE VISION FOR THE