Shas party chairman, Aryeh Deri, has spoken out for the first time since Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stopped a legal reform. In an interview with the Shas “Hadrach” website on Monday, Deri criticized the coalition’s behavior, stating that they “went to a nuclear war with a pop gun” and that presenting the entire reform package together was a mistake. Negotiations between the coalition and opposition representatives will continue today at the President’s residence. Deri commented on the negotiations, saying that if the reform package were to undergo a vote now, there would likely not be 61 fingers in favor, and it could cause the coalition to disintegrate. Regarding the talks at President Yitzhak Herzog’s residence, Deri warned the opposition not to mistake their desire to bridge the divides as weakness, adding that a united coalition would act wisely to pass all the changes step by step if anyone attempted to take advantage of their goodwill and responsibility.
For the first time since Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered the legal reform to be halted, Shas party chairman Knesset member Aryeh Deri commented on its halting. In an interview with the Shas “Hadrach” website published today (Monday), Deri sharply criticized the conduct of the coalition: “We went to a nuclear war with a pop gun. We made a mistake when we presented the entire reform package together.”
Negotiation efforts will continue today: representatives of the coalition and the opposition will meet at the President’s residence
“I may be the only one who really knows who would vote and who would not, and I say clearly, if we were to bring the reform to a vote now, almost certainly with a very high probability, we would not have 61 fingers, and moreover we would also cause the coalition to disintegrate,” said Deri and noted that The rules are ready in case the negotiations fail.
Later, the member of the Knesset referred to the talks taking place in President Yitzhak Herzog’s residence and conveyed a message to the opposition: “If anyone thinks to interpret our desire now to go to talks and bridge the divisions as weakness – he is gravely mistaken. If anyone tries to take advantage of our goodwill and our responsibility, he will find a united coalition that will act Wisely to pass all the changes step by step.”