The chairman of the new Tikva party, Gideon Saar, announced this evening that if he is elected prime minister, he will set up a “state commission of inquiry to investigate the corona’s failure.”
Gideon Saar in an interview. Photo: Knesset Channel
He referred to the bad treatment done at Ben Gurion Airport, and rejected the claims about the legal difficulties: “This is an inconceivable thing. Almost a year the airport was completely hacked. The people of Israel pay heavy prices on the one hand, and on the other hand import sick people. That’s why people died! Obviously the legal story is a lie, it was resolved within a few days, it has no basis. This is a huge omission. “
In addition, he clarified that he would not hold religious coercion, in light of the “Supermarkets Law” he promoted at the time when he served as interior minister: “A government headed by me will not hold any kind of coercion, including religious coercion.”
Saar sharply criticized the man who until recently was the chairman of his party, Benjamin Netanyahu: “The prime minister is Xian Guinness in taking credits when something good happens, and I applaud. But he is also number one in the roll of responsibility when something bad happens. ”
Referring to the issue of ultra-Orthodox society, which is failing to deal with the rising morbidity of the corona, he noted that “a government headed by me will enforce the law equally on the entire public. I was quarrelsome with the ultra-Orthodox. I extended daylight hours “I will help those who can, but in the end there is enforcement.” However, he did not directly attack the leader of the ultra-Orthodox public, but the government: “I do not like being held accountable by Rabbi Kanievsky. It is not he, but the government, that enforces the law.”
Finally, he did not rule out an alliance with Yair Lapid and his party, Yesh Atid, but refused to cooperate with the joint: “He does not rule out Yesh Atid, but disagrees with him in cooperation with the joint list.”
The Likud said in response to the interview that “once a political opportunist – always a political opportunist, Gideon continues to do small politics in the midst of the struggle in Corona. “A firm closure during the election period that brings millions of vaccines to every citizen in Israel can establish a full-fledged right-wing government.”