{"id":935,"date":"2026-05-21T22:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/05\/21\/ben-gvirs-flotilla-video-netanyahu-has-lost-control-of-the-government\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T22:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:42:21","slug":"ben-gvirs-flotilla-video-netanyahu-has-lost-control-of-the-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=935","title":{"rendered":"Ben Gvir&#8217;s flotilla video: Netanyahu has &#8216;lost control of the government&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"t-content t-content--edition\" id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"t-content__with-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"t-content__beside-sidebar\" data-article-content>\n<h1 class=\"t-content__title a-page-title\">Ben Gvir&#8217;s flotilla video: Netanyahu has &#8216;lost control of the government&#8217;<\/h1>\n<div class=\"m-master-tag\">\n<div class=\"a-tag-section\">\n                                    Middle East\n                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-video-player o-video-player--16x9 t-content__main-media\" data-media-video-1391d393-f7b2-4049-b336-e0332268595f data-show-hidden-video-player=\"1391D393-F7B2-4049-B336-E0332268595F\" data-wrapper-video-player data-autoplay-video-link data-youtube-script>\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<\/p>\n<p>        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices<\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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