Smotrich Offers Minister Post to Winter in Bid to Prevent Vote Split
Translated & summarized from Hamal by baba
Minister Bezalel Smotrich offered Ofir Winter a ministerial role and authority over new directorates in exchange for Winter withdrawing from an election. Smotrich warned that splitting the national camp could lead to a left-wing government and national disasters. He cited the 1992 elections and the Oslo Accords as examples of past mistakes.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Minister Bezalel Smotrich offered Ofir Winter a ministerial post and control over new directorates.
- The offer is intended to prevent Winter from splitting the national camp in upcoming elections.
- Smotrich warned that lost votes could lead to a left-wing government and national disasters.
- The proposal includes authority over voluntary emigration from Gaza and Haredi integration.
- Smotrich referenced the 1992 elections and Oslo Accords as past national failures.
Minister Bezalel Smotrich has offered Ofir Winter a ministerial position within the Defense Ministry, to be taken from his party's allocation in coalition negotiations. Smotrich also proposed granting Winter full authority to establish two new directorates: one for voluntary emigration from Gaza and another for recruiting and integrating the Haredi community. This offer is contingent on Winter withdrawing from the upcoming election race.
Smotrich conveyed his proposal in a message to Winter, calling him a "good man, a principled leader, and a brave commander with many merits." He warned against splitting the national camp, referencing the 1992 elections and the subsequent Oslo Accords, which he described as a "cursed disaster" from which Israel is still suffering. Smotrich emphasized that votes lost below the electoral threshold could determine the outcome of the election and prevent the national camp from winning.
"History will not forgive those who bring about the rise of a left-wing government and national disasters again, just as it did not forgive those who did so in the past," Smotrich stated, urging against wasting any votes and preventing a repeat of past mistakes that led to significant national harm.
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