After arriving at an election conference in a synagogue in the city of Modi’in last Saturday night, this evening (Saturday) opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the city associated with religious Zionism, Givat Shmuel. “In Likud, every fourth Knesset member wears a kippah, and every additional Knesset member keeps a kippah in his pocket,” Netanyahu said.
“Not a chance”
As last week, Netanyahu attacked Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked and asked not to vote for parties that do not pass the threshold. During the evening, Netanyahu was asked if there is a chance of forming a government with Defense Minister Benny Gantz and if he will throw religious Zionism out of the government? Netanyahu replied: “There is no chance.”
Activists of the Jewish Home protest outside Netanyahu’s conference in Givat Shmuel: “Without Ayelet Shaked, you don’t have a right-wing government” pic.twitter.com/jXA4LX52rR
— Amiel Yerachi (@amiel_y) October 8, 2022
Knesset member Matan responded to Netanyahu’s words, scolding: “Bibi, you promised it in the past. Of course it doesn’t exist. We did it in the current government. Now all you have to do is promise to appoint women to the religious councils…”.
Bibi,
You promised it before.
Of course it doesn’t exist.
We did it in the current government.
Now all that remains is for you to ensure that you appoint women to the religious councils…@netanyahu https://t.co/KCWyPP17zU— Matan Kahana Matan Kahana (@MatanKahana) October 8, 2022
“The Jewish Home is the only chance for a right-wing government”
As mentioned, last week Netanyahu attacked Shaked, saying: “You say you won’t go to a left-wing government. You are now in a left-wing government! Who do you work for? The right speaks and the left does. She kept this government in every equation. She did nothing in the Ministry of Justice, a fraction of what Amir did Ohana”.
Minister Shaked was not left obliging, and responded to the words: “Netanyahu, I am the one who built a conservative camp in the Supreme Court, established 14 settlements in the Negev, saved the settlement Mitzpe Kerami, denied citizenship to terrorists and for the first time worked to deport their families, removed a record number of voluntary infiltrators, increased Significantly increased the budgets in the Judiciary, I prevented the defendant’s law and the list goes on.”
“It’s called more right than right. Netanyahu, your personal hatred endangers the right-wing bloc. Are 5 election campaigns not enough for you to understand? The Jewish Home is the only chance for a right-wing government.”