Tzachi Hanegbi politicized the National Security Council

Kan English · Oct 22, 2025 · 7m

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu HAS dismissed Tzachi Hanegbi as head of the National Security Council and named his deputy Gil Reich as acting head. Eran Etzion, a former deputy head of the National Security Council and former head of policy planning division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that Hanegbi has not been performing his duties and not serving the national security interests. He told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that the NSC has undergone politicization and subsequently weakening under Hanegbi, who unlike his predecessors was a politician and did not come from a…