Despite the efforts of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a joint run by Bezalel Smutrich and lawyer Itamar Ben Gvir, the Jewish Home Party led by Hagit Moshe has announced that it will not run in the upcoming elections but will support Naftali Bennett, right-wing chairman from outside. Coalition chairman Mickey Zohar spoke this morning (Friday) with Nissim Mash’al on 103FM and addressed the issue. He also responded to the harsh remarks Bennett made in “personal elections” about treating the spread of Corona virus.
Haim Ramon said in an interview now: “Netanyahu will not be prime minister after the March elections, and the winner will be Bennett. Bennett has a good chance of becoming prime minister. Bennett has played the most correct cards he has, and he is the tongue in cheek, something he has not been to date. Coalition chairman Mickey Zohar Good morning. what are you saying?
“At a time like this, I would expect everyone to tell the truth and be honest with themselves, because I think we all understand that we would like this corona crisis to be managed by someone with proven experience.”
You see the numbers, there is no 61 for the Netanyahu bloc.
“Before we talk about the political analysis I must say, I would like someone to head the government with proven experience, who can face the new US administration, who can manage the growing Iranian danger and someone who knew how to rebuild the economy. Netanyahu is much better than all the other candidates. “It depends terribly on the structure of the seats. At the moment, a bloc is being formed that certainly supports Netanyahu, which could approach 50 seats and could be even more.”
According to our survey, you are 48 with the ultra-Orthodox and the union.
“As long as we have over 50 seats, 54-52 should be the ambition, of course this government will be formed.”
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Bennett ran to you?
“If Bennett has to choose between the two alternatives, join Netanyahu’s government with 8-7 seats or form a government with the joint list, Lapid and Meretz and also with Lieberman who is simply anti-Haredi and anti-everything related to religion, then this will not be simple for Bennett.” .
Will Netanyahu be willing to give him a rotation?
“I say unequivocally, we must not talk about the issue of rotation, it can no longer be relevant, neither rotation nor primacy.”
Even if he needs it?
“I think the only thing that needs to happen is for the Likud to be strong enough to form the government led by Netanyahu for four years.”
Will not give rotation?
“Unequivocally, there will be no rotation and there will be nothing. There will be a clear victory for the Likud with the help of the name and the formation of the government by Netanyahu.”
Bennett sharply attacks Netanyahu, accusing you: “Netanyahu and Meirav Regev and the top government officials bear direct responsibility for the failure of the mutations at Ben Gurion Airport, which led to the deaths of thousands of Israelis, a terrible disease and destroyed large parts of Israel’s economy and livelihood.”
“It is very easy to criticize the government when you are sitting in the opposition and actually engaging in politics and not in real day-to-day doing in dealing with a global crisis.”
Factually he is right, we crossed the 5,000 dead from Corona.
“No one can know or predict exactly what will happen because you depend on a lot of parameters, but one thing I do know, there is one person and I emphasize this, who decided that the only way out of the Corona crisis is by bringing millions of vaccines to Israeli citizens.”
Put the message page aside.
“Miracles, tell me – do you thank Netanyahu?”
I’m not interviewed. We are all in favor of vaccines. I think the vaccine is an important thing.
“He made Israel probably the first to emerge from the crisis, and you forget to mention that. You focus on issues that are not typical of Israel alone. The whole world has a heavy price for the corona virus, period.”
Investing in an effort to unite Smortrich and Ben Gvir. Does not bother you to bring such a person into the Knesset?
“No, the answer is no. They are trying to make Ben Gvir today as someone who wants to harm the State of Israel. That is not true. He has of course very hawkish positions and not central positions, but he did not get into politics to harm the State of Israel, absolutely not. Ben Gvir does not In the Likud, you will judge Ben Gvir as a functioning MK and not in accordance with everything that has happened in the past and in history. I think that’s the right thing to do and in the end when I look at the big picture, if you put Ben Gvir on the one hand and Ahmad Tibi and Ayman Odeh on the other, believe me I connect much more with Ben Gvir than with Odeh and Tibi so you can not turn Ben Gvir into someone who hurts or wants to destroy The State of Israel, that is not the case. “
But the Speaker of the Knesset said that.
“I did not say that, Levin says that.”
We have no intention of being a part of it.
“Ben Gvir is not a Likud member and his path is a path of Jewish power. This is a democracy, everyone has their own positions.”
Is it not insulting that President Biden is drying up Netanyahu and has not yet responded to the blessings he sent?
“I must say, you are a bit pathetic, do not get hurt. I hear the attempt to present Netanyahu as someone who can not get along with the American administration. No one will be able to stand up to the American administration on the Iranian issue except Netanyahu.”
Not ashamed?
“No one will be able to maintain the security of the citizens of Israel and the interests of the State of Israel, except Netanyahu.”