Amit Segal, the political commentator for News 12 and a columnist for Yedioth Ahronoth, revealed in an interview with Nadav Perry in the podcast “Capital Government” that shortly before the start of Operation Wall Guard and in the midst of negotiations to form a change government, right-wing chairman Naftali Bennett informed him that he would publish A column against the impending government will not be set up.
“I’m already a mixed player”
Segal said: “The first time Lapid and Bennett almost managed to form a government, I spoke with Kalman Liebskind, and we both agreed that a government with the PM is crossing all lines, and then we said ‘maybe we will write a column together, whose title is that the Likud deserves to be in opposition but for the people “Israel does not deserve such a coalition.”
“We wrote the column together and I consulted with those people whether to write it, and I tell you with reasonable estimation that if we had written it, there probably would not have been a government. Naftali Bennett himself told me this (that it would not be established). He said: ‘Listen if it’s “I will not form the government, you know. I was very hesitant to write it, and I decided for the same reasons that I would not do it, because it meant that I was already a mixed player. You can no longer play,” said Segal.
Following these remarks by Amit Segal, Liebskind clarified today on Twitter that he had already published his part in the column: “An important clarification given the little confusion I recognize in the feed: I published my part in the column on the same day the joint article was planned to be published.”
“Harness Sarah”
In a tweet that Segal uploaded to his Twitter account last night (Monday), he took advantage of the experience he had gained in the field of publishing and gave a tip to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Segal shared an article in the time newspaper about the new book by the chairman of the opposition, in which it was stated that Netanyahu “is considering publishing his next book, self-published, inspired by journalist Amit Segal.” To this the commentator replied with the following practical advice: “Turn a month of your life into autographs and get ready to harness Sarah for production.”