Former Transport Minister MK Bezalel Smutrich, chairman of the Religious Zionist List, was interviewed today (Monday) for 103FM’s “Personal Elections” and “Walla News!” Program, and spoke with Yinon Magal and Vicky Adamkar about the party’s plans the following day. The election. According to him, he does not want to return to the position of minister, but to be appointed chairman of the Constitution and Justice Committee “in order to lead the enactment of the overruling ruling, change the method of electing judges, eliminate the reason for the decision of public elected officials, the ombudsman law and split the ombudsman.” .
Bezalel Smutrich. Photo: Religious Zionist Party
Smutrich was asked about the cooperation with Itamar Ben Gvir and the Jewish Power Party: “I never had any reservations about him, I went with him to the first round in 2019, to remind you, so four seats went to waste.” The former minister referred to the possibility that Ben Gvir would be appointed minister in the next government and said that “I do not understand the question at all, Ben Gvir and the people he represents are legitimate in the democratic game. If it is legitimate to be a Knesset member, legitimate to be a minister and even a prime minister if elected.”
He added that contrary to what Ben Gvir claims, he is not Kahana’s successor. “He said about everything that he does not follow the rabbi’s path. Kahana had positions that we could not agree with, I do not feel the need to run and apologize for people I run with even if I do not agree with them at all. The difference is in style, I can say I am more stately “Optimistic and positive,” Smutrich said.
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In the new essay, which runs under the name “Religious Zionism”, is also the Noam party, which represented Avi Maoz Shuvetz in sixth place. Maoz is known for his positions against the LGBT community, but Smutrich insisted that “this is a man with many rights. I have a broad common denominator with him, I suppose there are also differences. “According to him, he is closer to Maoz’s positions than to Merav Michaeli’s. The state as a state has values on which it is based, democratic, Jewish and social values. I suggest not silencing the ideological debate on the issue. “