Trouble in the block? Likud chairman, Benjamin Netanyahusaid last night (Thursday) during a meeting with ultra-Orthodox journalists that those who vote for the religious Zionist party – vote for Lapid, it was reported today in Vala!.
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In the recordings that came to me, voila! Netanyahu is heard saying: “Whoever comes and says he wants to strengthen me by one or two more mandates for Smotrich, is paradoxically voting for Lapid.”
The Likud chairman said these things at a meeting held at a restaurant in Jerusalem, with the aim of rousing the ultra-orthodox voters, some of whom, according to the polls, do not intend to vote. During the gathering, Netanyahu attacked his political opponents from the center-left bloc, but also Smotrich and Ben Gvir. So far, Netanyahu has managed A campaign against voting for religious Zionism to maintain Likud’s power but refrained from such a harsh statement.
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On Yesh Atid and the Prime Minister Yair Lapid Netanyahu said: “Their plan is to pass the Likud with one or two mandates. Lapid climbs up and hopes that he will receive mandates from the Likud so that the work of assembly will be assigned to him and he will already find the polls. What is certain is that if the task of assembly is not assigned to him – this path is blocked, therefore – we need a large Likud “.
Netanyahu continued: “In any case, Smotrich and Ben Gvir will be ministers in my government, so one or two more mandates for them – it doesn’t matter, but one or two less mandates for Likud, could decide everything.”
Netanyahu’s pressure recordings: “Those who want to strengthen me by voting for Smotrich and Ben Gvir – actually support Lapid” | listen @YakiAdamker @netanyahu @itamarbengvir @bezalelsm pic.twitter.com/YQDclO5773
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He also spoke directly about voting for Ben Gabir and Smotrich, and claimed: “What good will it do if Ben Gabir and Smotrich have another mandate or two in the opposition? We want them in power.”
Even at the beginning of the meeting, Netanyahu spoke about complacency among Torah Judaism voters. “There is a problem. A complete mandate of Torah Judaism that sits in the house.” He asked the group of journalists, “What are we doing?”, and added that “it is madness to give the left the power.”
Netanyahu said that the bloc under his leadership “is like a step away from victory. They want Rabbi Karib as a minister in the government, Matan Kahane and Lieberman? What remains in the house – votes for their government. We will continue with this government that will destroy the Torah world and the State of Israel. This could decide the elections.”