Itamar Ben Gvir Accuses Netanyahu of Wanting a Smaller Otzma Yehudit to Ally with Eisenkot

Itamar Ben Gvir, leader of the Otzma Yehudit party, responded sharply to a video posted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In the video, Netanyahu called on Ben Gvir and Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich to unite for the upcoming Knesset elections. Ben Gvir accused Netanyahu of wanting a smaller Otzma Yehudit to facilitate an alliance with Benny Gantz's former military chief, Gadi Eisenkot, aiming to form a "broad national government." He insisted that only a large Otzma Yehudit, together with Smotrich and Ofer Winter, running jointly could establish a fully right-wing government.