A Likud MK attacked Hadas Klein, the main witness in the gift case against Netanyahu, calling her a “cheeky woman trying to thwart the Likud election.” On the tension in the relationship with the opposition leader, he said: “Shit, that does not mean we are no longer a family.”
MK Dudi Amsalem spoke on Friday with Gideon Oko in News 12 about the Likud primaries, his relations with Netanyahu, called Yair Lapid “ignorant and with the country” and said: “I would not let him run a vegetable and wine department.”
At the beginning of the interview, Amsalem referred to the upcoming Likud primaries: “We run from north to south, we work a lot. “Every evening I meet with people and ask them for their trust.”
On the option for armor on the party list, he said: “We allowed the head of the movement three armor. I’m not into who should be reserved. In my personal opinion, Ayelet Shaked should not be reserved. In my opinion, Idit Silman should be reserved – without her, we would still be hanging out with Bennett as prime minister. “
Amsalem refused to back down from his statements that a large part of the left was “racist and degrading.”
“The racist thinks he is patronizing you and therefore he is racist about you. I do not say everyone, I respond to the same people – what did you expect me to respond? That they are right? ”
He then attacked the prime minister of the transition: “He is ignorant and with the country. A person who has not practically served in the IDF simply calls me? I would not let him run a vegetable department at Pavilion Wines. I represent the majority of Likud voters – it could be that Netanyahu does not think so. In many things we do not agree, even when we disagree on something – the faction decides and goes with it. Do you think this is happening with Lapid or with Lieberman? ”
On his relationship with Netanyahu, Amsalem said: “I love and appreciate Netanyahu very much, I did not ask if he loved me. I hold him and think he is one of the important leaders who have been here. That incident is behind us – it’s nonsense. We are in an election campaign, I reacted to what I reacted to – I was offended by what he said and therefore reacted as I did. That does not mean we are no longer a family. “