Likud Lawmaker Warns Against Voting for Otzma Yehudit
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
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- Likud MK warns voting for Otzma Yehudit is dangerous.
- He predicts Otzma Yehudit will disintegrate after elections.
- Otzma Yehudit may ally with Yisrael Beiteinu post-election.
- The potential alliance could pressure Benny Gantz for premiership.
- MK urges support for Netanyahu and Likud's victory.
Knesset Member Oشر Shkals of the Likud party expressed concern on Thursday regarding the upcoming elections, urging voters to support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud party.
Speaking on Radio Galai Israel, Shkals stated his commitment to ensuring Netanyahu remains prime minister and that Likud secures victory. He voiced hope for the formation of a broad national government based on the "national camp."
Shkals specifically addressed the Otzma Yehudit party, expressing regret that its leader, Itamar Ben-Gvir, did not join the Likud. He warned that voting for Otzma Yehudit is "dangerous" and predicted the party would disintegrate shortly after the elections.
Shkals speculated that Otzma Yehudit, led by Ben-Gvir, might ally with Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party after the elections. He suggested this potential coalition could aim to pressure Benny Gantz into relinquishing the premiership, implying a power play for leadership.
In unrelated news mentioned briefly at the end, Netanyahu made an unusual admission following an attempted plane crash.
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