Israel’s Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, expresses his dissatisfaction with Israel’s response to Iran, calling it “weak”, reports Bloomberg.

In a post on X, he commented on the Hebrew single word “weak”.

Ben Gvir is not a member of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and does not sit on the five-person war cabinet that makes final decisions on military action. But it is key to the survival of Netanyahu’s coalition, and he said after Iran’s attack that Israel had to fight back hard.

In an opposite spirit were the comments of Likud MP Tally Gottlieb, who was also quick to celebrate with her post.

“Good morning, dear people of Israel. A morning when our heads are held high with pride. Israel is a powerful country. May we regain the deterrent power”

Gottlieb, in fact, quoted a verse from the Psalms: “Moab would be my basin; on Edom I would throw my shoe.” An expression of contempt, according to the Jerusalem Post, recognized throughout the Middle East.