Haim Ramon: “The split of the joint venture gave the Netanyahu bloc three mandates as a gift”

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The political upheaval that occurred last night in the joint list, which led to the separation between Hadash-Ta’al and Balad, continues to evoke echoes and this morning (Friday) former minister Haim Ramon spoke with Nissim Mashal on 103FM in order to analyze the move of the Arab parties. Ramon He claimed that the split in the joint list testified to the differences between the two leaders of the blocs, opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu and Prime Minister Yair Lapid.

“From Saturday, when he saw what was happening in the Arab sector, Lapid believed that it would work out,” Ramon explained, adding that “unlike Netanyahu, who does not believe that anything will work itself out. Lapid was afraid to interfere in the sector because then he would justify what they say about him that he would form a government with the joint. Understand, this That Balad will not exceed the percentage of blocking is certain, and they have the order of magnitude of 2-3 mandates – half of that goes to Netanyahu.”

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He further added: “The joint party had 5-6 mandates in all the polls. When Balad goes alone, she takes between one and two mandates, and she does not pass the percentage of blocking. She threatens that what is left of the joint may not pass either.”

“What happened yesterday was that the Netanyahu bloc received an unexpected gift in its favor. This could decide the elections in Netanyahu’s favor, and more than that, it could further lower the turnout in the Arab sector. Therefore, it was a bad night for the bloc, just not Netanyahu, and a good night for the Netanyahu bloc. Bad.” She took power from Netanyahu, and they can give it back to him. I mean, the Arabs took and the Arabs gave.”

After Sha’al commented that they can now disqualify the Balad list, since it separated from the other parties, the former minister said that “they should have disqualified a long time ago, but they haven’t disqualified in recent years, so they won’t be disqualified.”

Regarding the possibilities for forming the next government, Ramon emphasized: “He cannot form a government because he owes Benny Gantz. There are two scenarios that could materialize – the first is that Netanyahu reaches 61, the second is that Netanyahu has 59-58. In the second case, the ultra-Orthodox will turn to Netanyahu and ask From him to give Gantz the first place in the rotation. Even if Netanyahu is 61, I believe he will do everything in order for Gantz to come with him, he will scare him and his voters. There will be great pressure on Gantz to save the country from Smotrich and Ben Gvir.”

Assisted in the preparation of the article: Eden Ben Ari, 103fm

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