The resignation of Environmental Protection Minister Avi Gabbay May 27 was presented to the public by most of the media outlets as a heroic measure. Not surprisingly, the opposition also attacked the Kulanu minister's resignation speech, in which he explained that he simply couldn’t bear the dismissal of Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon.
The drama died down quickly, and Gabbay’s warning of imminent catastrophe went unheeded. But Gabbay, who was not especially prominent as the minister of environmental protection and did not succeed in averting or influencing the gas outline, which he opposed, succeeded in resigning as a hero and was not confronted with tough questions.