Itamar Ben Gvir Accuses Netanyahu of Wanting a Smaller Otzma Yehudit to Ally with Eisenkot
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
Itamar Ben Gvir rejected Netanyahu's call for unity, accusing him of wanting a smaller Otzma Yehudit to ally with Eisenkot for a broad government, insisting only a large right-wing bloc can form a right-wing government.
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- Itamar Ben Gvir responded to Netanyahu's call for unity with Religious Zionism.
- Netanyahu wants a smaller Otzma Yehudit to ally with Gadi Eisenkot.
- Ben Gvir claims Netanyahu aims to form a broad national government.
- Ben Gvir insists only a large Otzma Yehudit with Smotrich and Winter can form a right-wing government.
- The dispute centers on strategy for the upcoming Knesset elections.
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.
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