Chairman of the Israel Party, Mayor of Tel Aviv Ron Huldai He spoke this morning (Friday) with Nissim Mash’al on his program on 103FM about the results of the Maariv poll, according to which his party does not pass the blocking percentage, and claimed: “I’m not really excited at the moment that someone is trying to take me down in the polls.
Ron Huldai presents the candidacy in his party. Photo: From the official Facebook page
According to a Maariv poll, do you not pass the blocking percentage?
“I know exactly who are reliable reviewers and who are not, therefore, since I know the polls, And I know the trend right now that is going upwards, I’m really not excited right now about the fact that someone is trying to download. That is a clear intention. “
Even according to the poll, which is the average of the polls, you get 6 seats, not for which you wished.
“I’m currently two weeks right after I started the party, I’m in the process. We have another 3 weeks to February 4th to make decisions, I very much hope to conquer, and that’s what I do to the best of my ability all my life. I was always told, ‘You will not succeed’, and always at the end “Somehow I succeeded, why? Because I try and I invest, and I offer the residents of Israel management in a different way.”
You promised, ‘I’m going to change reality and lead the bloc’. With 6 seats, will you be able to change reality?
“No, so I turn to the voters and tell them, ‘You have to understand that there is another worthy, right and good alternative here that has proven itself over 50 years of public service, always successfully.'”
You want to form a bloc under your leadership, right?
“very true”.
Who will you go with? Here, you have Yair Lapid, do you want to connect with him?
“Definitely”.
Are you ready to be his number 2?
“I’m not in place of number 2, I want to lead and that’s where I go.”
But he has 14 seats, and you have 6.
“And that’s going to change.”
When?
“very soon”.
I mean, will you continue to want to lead this party to the end?
“I will not continue to want, I want to and I will. I continue to lead the bloc. “
Do you promise that you will run to the end, even if the polls show one way or another?
“I said this chapter as mayor is over in my life, and I, On the day of the inauguration, I will resign. But until then, I have a responsibility to the city, to continue to run it so that it does not fall apart. “
Maybe that’s why the public did not buy that you will continue to be both mayor and run for Knesset, maybe that’s why you do not rise?
“Maybe, I do not know, I am not a commentator. But from the tests I do, that is not the reason.”
So you have another reason why you fail to rise above this small number of seats?
“I am not the smartest person in the world, I am a person who is helped by professional people. All my life I have worked with other people. We conduct an evaluation together, we will reach a solution, and it will be that the residents of Israel will be convinced to look at the person’s history.” Choose it, and not based on idle promises. ”
Netanyahu deserves credit for his success in bringing the vaccines, right?
“Definitely deserves all the respect. But For one act, in the face of all the things and damage caused to the people of Israel during the 10 years of his rule, he does not deserve all the respect. And no respect goes to a person who subordinates the interests of the state to his personal interests. A person with 3 indictments cannot, in values, be prime minister. “
You say you want to connect and form a bloc, can you tell me with whom?
“I can not tell you, I will explain to you why – because I do not live in a vacuum. I do understand the human psyche, and I know what goes through people’s minds, and I know that it is not yet time for bonding. I am convinced that there will be a union. “
With who?
“Everyone who comes and wants, except Bibi.”
Anyone come to you in the meantime?
“There are contacts with the whole world and his wife all the time.”