Tally Gotliv Pushes Back on Criticism, Says Netanyahu Checked How Many Seats She Is Worth in a Poll

Against the backdrop of the uproar surrounding her this week, Knesset member Tally Gotliv claimed this morning that Prime Minister Netanyahu conducted a poll about her and checked how many mandates she would be worth if she ran for Knesset on her own. How many did the poll show? (Politics) (Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Knesset member Tally Gotliv of Likud, who was at the center of headlines this week because of the discussions about her in the Knesset, with the participation of the attorney general, and the opinion about her submitted by the Shin Bet, is drawing both supporters and opponents, including within her own party.

This morning, Thursday, in an interview with Sivan Cohen on Radio 103FM, Gotliv claimed that Netanyahu checked how many mandates she would be worth if she ran separately. “I’m worth, thank God, five mandates,” Gotliv said. She also referred to reports that the Likud primaries are expected to be canceled, and responded, “He cannot cancel the primaries, that is not his decision, we are not a party of one man.”

In the interview, she sharply attacked the chairman of the Democrats party, Yair Golan. “His place is behind bars,” she said. “With his inciting statements against our fighters and the fact that he accuses our soldiers of terrible things in Gaza, he is helping the enemy during wartime.”

Gotliv also responded to Knesset member Eliyahu Revivo, who had spoken out against her בעבר. She said, “I do not know who Eli Revivo is, I did not speak out against him. He is an anonymous Knesset member, and my condolences to him, that he needs to use my name so that someone will recognize him. I do not speak out against anyone, he does not interest me.”