Leaks from the latest Israeli cabinet session as published in Ynet:
Ben Gvir: "We need to make clear to Trump that we have red lines, and if we're attacked from Lebanon or from Iran that's a red line and we have to respond."
Netanyahu (mocking, hinting at Ben Gvir's motives): "Well, elections in three more months."
Ben Gvir: "To my credit, I say this all the time, with elections or without elections."
Aryeh Deri: "Enough with the ideas of attacking in Iran and Beirut, let's be realistic. We need to be responsible."
Netanyahu: "We're on the same page with Trump. He's not releasing Iran's frozen funds and is determined to remove and obtain the nuclear material. Why scrap with him?"
Smotrich: "A strike in Iran has costs and is complex and complicated. You remember that I opposed operations in Iran more than once and that I act responsibly." He argued for striking "hard in the Dahiyeh, which will make Hezbollah beg for it to stop, and thereby create the separation of arenas."
The leak shows very clearly how domestic politics are leading the security positions of the Israeli government. The elections are the only thing on their minds.