Sara Netanyahu Urges Likud Activists to Reframe Political Opposition
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
Sara Netanyahu met with Likud activists, urging them to reframe the political narrative and avoid using positive terms for the opposition. She stated that her husband's leadership is essential for national survival. The meeting comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressures smaller right-wing parties to withdraw from the upcoming elections. Meanwhile, Sara Netanyahu is facing a libel lawsuit from Yair Golan, which the court recently allowed to proceed.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Sara Netanyahu urged Likud activists to avoid positive terms for the opposition, calling it "government of deception."
- She stated that without her husband's leadership, "we simply won't live."
- The meeting occurred as PM Netanyahu pressures small right-wing parties to withdraw from elections.
- Finance Minister Smotrich offered Ofer Vinter a ministerial post to exit the race.
- Sara Netanyahu must pay NIS 2,000 in legal fees after her libel suit dismissal was rejected.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara Netanyahu, met with Likud activists on Wednesday, urging them to adopt a more favorable narrative for the current government and its supporters. According to i24NEWS correspondent Amichai Yerahi, Netanyahu emphasized that her husband's continued public service was a choice made despite more comfortable alternatives, stating, "Netanyahu always stayed to fight, even though he had options for a comfortable life and a lot of money from lectures." She added, "When he saves us, he saves all our children and my children too, because we simply won't live." Netanyahu also implored the activists to influence how political opponents are described in both right-wing media and among supporters of the opposing camp. "Let's help me, and I'm glad to hear others too, to tell both the right-wing media and our people: Don't call it the 'change government' and don't call it the 'change bloc.' It's a positive name and they like it, and we don't need to follow them, to follow their path and say these words back," she said. When a woman in the audience shouted "government of deception," Netanyahu repeated the word "deception."
Speaking from her perspective as a psychologist, Netanyahu touched upon quality of life and the situation in the country, saying, "There is much to discuss, but about life itself, that we live and do not die, that comes before how we live, and I am speaking as a psychologist who deals more with how we live." The meeting occurs ahead of the upcoming elections on Tuesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recently launched a sharp attack against smaller right-wing parties, particularly those led by Ofer Vinter and Moti Lightner, warning of lost votes falling below the electoral threshold. In recent weeks, pressure has intensified on small parties not expected to pass the threshold to withdraw from the race. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reportedly offered Vinter a dramatic proposal: to withdraw from the race in exchange for a ministerial position in the Defense Ministry from the Religious Zionism party's quota, with full authority to establish a voluntary immigration administration from Gaza and an administration for the recruitment and integration of the ultra-Orthodox.
Separately, Netanyahu is involved in a complex legal battle. Two weeks ago, the District Court rejected her request to dismiss a libel suit filed against her by the leader of the Democratic Party, Maj. Gen. (res.) Yair Golan, seeking NIS 2.55 million. The court ruled her claims were baseless and ordered her to pay Golan NIS 2,000 in legal expenses.
Mentioned
